US Patent 10093416 Multirotor drone with variable center of lift

A system and method for efficiently maneuvering a multirotor drone having a control system, an electrical power source, a plurality of rotor assemblies each having a rotor boom, a rotor mast, at least one rotor blade, a rotor assembly adjustment apparatus, a plurality of electric motors, wherein each electric motor is connected to a rotor boom positioned in a substantially horizontal direction and drives a rotor mast positioned in a substantially vertical direction and connected to at least one rotor blade, with the position of said rotor boom automatically adjustable in a substantially horizontal direction by the adjustment apparatus and the control system.