Rotating wing aircraft

Claim 1

IN A ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT HAVING A ROTOR COMPRISING A HUB AND A PLURALITY OF ADJUSTABLE BLADES ATTACHED THERETO, CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL MEANS FOR CYCLICALLY CONTROLLING THE PITCH OF THE RESPECTIVE BLADES, COLLECTIVE PITCH SETTING MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY IMPARTING SIMILAR PITCH CHANGES TO ALL BLADES TO EFFECT CHANGE IN ALTITUDE, AN ENGINE FOR DRIVING THE ROTOR, AND COUNTER-TORQUE MEANS FOR EXERTING A LATERAL FORCE ON THE CRAFT TO COUNTERACT THE TORQUE SET UP BY SAID ENGINE IN DRIVING SAID ROTOR; THE COMBINATION OF A GOVERNOR FOR AUTOMATICALLY VARYING THE POWER OUTPUT OF SAID ENGINE IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN LOAD ON SAID ENGINE INCLUDING THAT DUE TO CHANGES IN THE ADJUSTMENT OF SAID PITCH SETTING MEANS, A HEADING CHANGE SENSING DEVICE SELECTIVELY DISPLACED RELATIVE TO THE CRAFT BY CHANGES IN THE HEADING OF THE CRAFT, MEANS CONTROLLED THEREBY AND ALSO RESPONSIVE TO THE CHANGES IN ENGINE POWER EFFECTED BY THE GOVERNOR FOR ALTERING THE LATERAL FORCE SET UP BY SAID COUNTER-TORQUE MEANS TO MAINTAIN HEADING AND FURTHER MEANS RESPONSIVE TO CHANGES IN THE LATERAL MOVEMENT OF THE CRAFT INCLUDING THOSE CAUSED BY SAID ALTERING OF THE LATERAL FORCE SET UP BY THE COUNTER-TORQUE MEANS AND CONNECTED TO THE CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING THE CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL MEANS TO ALTER THE LATERAL ATTITUDE OF THE CRAFT.