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A payload carrying device which is inserted into a remote area of interest by means of a projectile carrier to obtain data, or the like, from the remote area. The device has counter rotating main blades as well as tail blades carried on a tail rotor. The particular payload is carried in a canister w

A payload carrying device which is inserted into a remote area of interest by means of a projectile carrier to obtain data, or the like, from the remote area. The device has counter rotating main blades as well as tail blades carried on a tail rotor. The particular payload is carried in a canister which may also include a power source, a command and control unit and a motor, if hover or lateral flight is desired. The pitch of the tail blades is variable as well as their orientation around an axis, the combination of which generates a thrust vector in a particular direction for controlled lateral flight.

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1. A gun hardened, rotary winged device adapted to be placed into a carrier projectile which is launched to an area above a remote location and thereafter ejected from the carrier, comprising:a counter rotating main blade assembly having a plurality of blades which are foldable so as to fit within s

1. A gun hardened, rotary winged device adapted to be placed into a carrier projectile which is launched to an area above a remote location and thereafter ejected from the carrier, comprising:a counter rotating main blade assembly having a plurality of blades which are foldable so as to fit within said carrier and which spring to an operating position after said ejection; a payload canister; a shaft assembly connecting said canister with said main blade assembly, said shaft assembly and said canister being collinear and extending along an elongated axis, X; a tail rotor having a plurality of rotor blades which are adjustable in pitch; means including a tail boom connecting said tail rotor with said canister, said tail boom extending along an axis, Y; and means for collectively adjusting the pitch angle of said tail rotor blades.