A propeller related vehicle in accordance with one embodiment of the
present invention is described as a helicopter having an airframe housing
a motor mechanism for powering a main propeller attached to a main drive
shaft that extends vertically through the airframe and for powering a
tail rotor. The helicopter further includes a horizontal stabilizing
mechanism attached between the main propeller and the main drive shaft,
which permits the main propeller to freely pivot about the main drive
shaft independently from the airframe. As such when the main propeller is
rotating and the main propeller begins to pitch, the rotating main
propeller has a centrifugal force created by the rotation thereof and
will tend to pivot about the horizontal stabilizing mechanism in a manner
that offsets the pitch such that the helicopter remains in a
substantially horizontal position. In addition various main propeller
configurations may be employed that provide additional
self-stabilization.