A helicopter includes a system to effect motion in a horizontal dimension
thereby to direct the desired direction. The rotor blades are driven by a
rotor shaft and which is hinge mounted on this rotor shaft, such that the
angle between the plane of rotation of the main rotor and the rotor shaft
may vary. A control for moving the angle of incidence of at least one
blade of the rotor cyclically along at least part of a 360-degree
rotation path around the rotor shaft. This causes a variation in a lift
force of the blade along at least part of the rotations path. This causes
the body to be urged in a relatively horizontal direction from a relative
position of rest. The control includes an actuator for engaging with an
assembly depending from the rotor, the inter-engagement of the actuator
and assembly effecting a change in the angle of incidence of at least the
one blade of the rotor. The system includes a rotor, preferably
complemented with a stabilizer rotor. There is a control ring attached to
the main rotor, and an actuator device connected with the helicopter body
structure. The control ring is generally centered around the vertical
rotor axis, and moves with the rotor when tilted around the feather axis.