thrust propellers of a small enough size to be shielded from potential blade strike and provide increased perceived and real safety to the passengers using multiple independent rotors provides redundancy and the elimination of single point failure modes that can make the vehicle non operable in flight application_number US 201113229717 A description fig1 illustrates a personal aircraft 100 in accordance with one embodiment aircraft 100 includes vertical lift rotors 101 forward flight propellers 103 a forward wing 104 a rear wing 105 having winglets 106 protective shroud 102 also known as a fence and a fuselage 107 fuselage 107 also includes landing gear and power source not shown fig2 illustrates a second view of personal aircraft 100 including port side main landing gear and nose landing gear 205 fig3 illustrates a front view of personal aircraft 100 in which port landing gear starboard landing gear and nose gear 205 are visible fig4 illustrates a view of the left port side of aircraft 100 in accordance with one embodiment in various embodiments aircraft 100 is sized to accommodate a single pilot and personal cargo for example in various embodiments the length of the aircraft from nose to its aft most surface is between 15 and 20 feet and its wingspan is between 15 and 20 feet in alternative embodiments the aircraft may be longer or shorter wider or narrower as will be appreciated by those of skill in the art without departing from the principles described here aircraft 100 is constructed in various embodiments primarily of a composite material fuselage 107 and wings 104 105 are made from carbon fiber composite material in alternative embodiments the wings may have metal fittings and ribs attached to.