Captive Passenger Carrying Powered Aircraft (Patent No: 546496)

Inventor: Jacobs, Peter C.

Location: Edmonton

Comments: see interview with nephew Ted Jacobs; developed Jaycopter, manufactured but soon became redundant with development of helicopter flight simulators; redesigned as carnival ride then arcade game; photos, brochures, newspaper clippings, etc.

Description: Issued September 24, 1957

Peter C. Jacobs, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Application October 23. 1956, Serial No. 716,925
7 Claims

1. In a captive passenger carrying powered airplane having a pylon with an arm fixed rotatably intermediate its ends to the pylon and an adjusting counterweight at one end of the arm, a passenger carrying aircraft mounted universally at the opposite end of the arm, a lifting propeller aircraft, a motor within the aircraft for operating the lifting propeller, and passenger operated controls within the aircraft readable between the aircraft and the arm for moving the aircraft throughout a plurality of positions with relation to the said arm.

3. In a captive passenger carrying powered aircraft having a pylon with an arm fixed rotatably intermediate its ends to the pylon and an adjustable counterweight at one end of the arm, a passenger carrying aircraft mounted universally at the opposite end of the arm, a lifting propeller on the aircraft, a motor within the aircraft for operating the lifting propeller, a vertically operating propeller at the rear of the aircraft and a motor within the aircraft for operating the vertical propeller, both the lifting propeller and the vertically operating propeller being adjustable and controllable by passengers in the aircraft and passenger operated controls within the aircraft readable between the aircraft and the arm for moving the aircraft throughout a plurality of positions with relation to the said arm.

4. In a captive passenger carrying powered aircraft having a pylon with an arm fixed rotatably intermediate its ends to the pylon and an adjustable counterweight at one end of the arm, a support fixed at the opposite end of the arm, a passenger carrying powered aircraft mounted universally on the upper end of the said vertical support, a lifting propeller on the aircraft, a motor within the aircraft for operating the lifting propeller and passenger operated controls within the aircraft reactable between the aircraft and the universal mounting of the aircraft on the vertical support for moving the aircraft throughout a plurality of positions with relation to the vertical support.

7. The captive passenger carrying powered aircraft as claimed in Claim 4 wherein the support is mounted rotatably on the said arm to project at its one end above the arm and at its opposite end below the arm, a first sprocket wheel mounted rotatably on the said arm, a crank fixed to the sprocket wheel, a link interconnecting the crank with the portion of the vertical support below the said arm and means including a second sprocket wheel located at the mounting of the arm to the pylon and a sprocket chain interconnecting the sprocket wheels for transmitting movement of the said arm to the first sprocket wheel.