Flying Saucers - Patents for Flying Saucers

By Mary Bellis, About.com Guide

A model having a flying saucer shaped body which is provided with lift by means of a thrust producing device such as a reciprocating Wankel or turbine engine and a propeller. The body is prevented from rotating by means of counterrotational fins, and stability in the horizontal plane is provided by means of an internal gyro rotor actuated by the airflow from the propeller.

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• Vertical Take-off Flying Platform
• Disk-like Body for a Plane
• Circular Wing Flying Saucer
• Induction Lift Flying Saucer
• Gyro Stabilized Flying Saucer Model
• Toy Novelty Flying Saucer
• Gyroscope Monocycle

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