A helicopter having a torque-correcting thruster device. The helicopter
has an aerodynamic body which has opposite side portions, a top portion
and a bottom portion. The aerodynamic body has a cockpit and a pilot seat
in the cockpit. The helicopter includes landing gear attached to the
bottom portion of the aerodynamic body. The helicopter includes a rotor
that is supported by the aerodynamic body and a rotor blade attached to
the rotor, and a thruster device operative on one of the side portions of
the aerodynamic body to produce an aft-directed thrust that counteracts
the torque produced by rotation of the rotor blade so as to control the
yaw of the helicopter. The aft-directed thrust simultaneously supplements
the forward thrust of the helicopter.