A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is one that can take off and land vertically without relying on a runway. This classification can include...
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Bayraktar VTOL is a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle system developed by Baykar Defense, and announced for the first time...
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to produce modern CAA-certified VTOL autogyros for commercial use. They have a prototype under test, the Pegasus VTOL-Tech, which is to go into production...
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also known as the Yak-41, is a Soviet supersonic vertical takeoff/landing (VTOL) fighter aircraft designed by Yakovlev. Intended as a replacement for the...
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Harrier jump jet (redirect from Harrier (VTOL))
prospective capabilities and viability of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, which would eliminate the requirement for vulnerable runways by...
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The SQA eVTOL (otherwise known as Belin V) is a tactical reconnaissance UAV classified as a NATO class 1 mini tactical drone with less than 15kg MTOW....
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Ducted fan VTOL Birdman Project 102 – Canadair CL-52 – jet engine testbed (converted Boeing B-47) Canadair CL-84 Dynavert – tilt-wing VTOL de Havilland...
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Ground effect (aerodynamics) (section VTOL aircraft)
by ground effect. For fan- and jet-powered vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, ground effect when hovering can cause suckdown and fountain lift...
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company headquartered in San Jose, California, which is developing eVTOL aircraft. Its eVTOL aircraft is designed to allow airline operators to transport people...
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Do 31 is an experimental, jet-propelled, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) cargo aircraft that was designed and produced by West German aircraft manufacturer...
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they are assumed to have this capability. For more detail on subtypes of VTOL, see List of tiltrotor aircraft. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K...
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The VTOL Aircraft Phillicopter is a 1970s Australian light utility helicopter designed and built by VTOL Aircraft of Newcastle West, New South Wales. Duan...
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Bell XV-15 (section Early VTOL rotor aircraft)
The Bell XV-15 is an American tiltrotor VTOL aircraft. It was the second successful experimental tiltrotor aircraft and the first to demonstrate the concept's...
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EVTOL (category VTOL aircraft)
An electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft is a variety of VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft that uses electric power to hover...
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V-BAT (MDS Name: MQ-35A) is a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle originally developed by Martin UAV, now Shield...
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The Vertical Take-Off and Landing Experimental Aircraft (VTOL X-Plane) program was an American research project sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research...
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Urban air mobility (section VTOLs and eVTOLs)
vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft (VTOL), electrically propelled vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft (eVTOL), and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)...
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the Lilium Jet, an electrically powered personal air vehicle capable of VTOL flight. Lilium GmbH was founded in 2015 by four engineers and PhD students...
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NATO reporting name: "Forger") was Soviet Naval Aviation's only operational VTOL strike fighter aircraft in addition to being its first operational carrier-based...
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aircraft project) Yak-36 "Freehand" (1963 - VTOL demonstration aircraft) Yak-43 (1983 - projected replacement for VTOL Yak-141 fighter) Yak-44 (1980s - carrier-capable...
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differentiate its range and speed from the many short-range, low-speed electric VTOL (eVTOL) aircraft under development. Under a contract with XTI, Trek Aerospace manufactured...
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warships. Lockheed and Convair were awarded contracts to build experimental VTOL fighters, with Convair producing the XFY-1, also known as the "Pogo." It...
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The AD-150 is a high-speed VTOL tilting ducted fan unmanned aerial vehicle that is being developed by American Dynamics Flight Systems as a future competitor...
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Takeoff and landing (section Aircraft (VTOL))
runway. For balloons, helicopters and some specialized fixed-wing aircraft (VTOL aircraft such as the Harrier), no runway is needed. Takeoff is the opposite...
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(STOL) or Vertical Takeoff and Landings (VTOL); electric VTOL aircraft are also prominent, known as eVTOLs. Another noteworthy term for the air taxi...
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battery of lift engines to give VTOL capability, and with fly-by-wire flight controls. The VVA-14M3 would see the VTOL vehicle fully equipped with armament...
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and landing (VTOL) prototype fighter aircraft of the mid-1960s developed and produced by Dassault Aviation. The Mirage IIIV was a VTOL derivative of...
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DuPont Aerospace DP-1 (redirect from DuPont Aerospace DP-2 VTOL)
The DuPont Aerospace DP-1 was a subscale prototype for a fixed-wing VSTOL transport aircraft, intended to take off and land like a helicopter and fly like...
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A tiltrotor is a type of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that convert from vertical to horizontal flight by rotating propellers or ducted...
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