A tiltrotor is an aircraft that generates lift and propulsion by way of one or more powered rotors (sometimes called proprotors) mounted on rotating shafts...
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The Bell Boeing Quad TiltRotor (QTR) is a proposed four-rotor derivative of the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey developed jointly by Bell Helicopter and Boeing...
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is the squadron. Fixed-wing aircraft squadrons (heavier than air) and tiltrotor squadrons are denoted by the letter "V", which comes from the Spanish...
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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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Mono Tiltrotor project is a research effort into a tiltrotor aircraft that uses only one rotor. Like other tiltrotor configurations, the mono tiltrotor combines...
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Leonardo AW609 (category Tiltrotor aircraft)
AgustaWestland AW609, and originally the Bell-Agusta BA609, is a twin-engined tiltrotor VTOL aircraft with an overall configuration similar to that of the Bell...
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Bell V-280 Valor (category Tiltrotor aircraft)
The Bell V-280 Valor is a tiltrotor aircraft being developed by Bell Helicopter for the United States Army's Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program. The aircraft...
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Eye (tiltrotor UAV) Bell V-280 Valor (tiltrotor) Bell X-14 (vectored thrust) Bell X-22 (ducted fan) Bell XV-3 (first tiltrotor) Bell XV-15 (tiltrotor) Bensen...
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Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey (category Tiltrotor aircraft)
The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American multi-use, tiltrotor military transport and cargo aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and...
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Powered lift (section Tiltrotor)
the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey used by the United States Marines, use a tiltrotor or tiltwing. These are called a convertiplane. Others like the British...
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Bell XV-15 (category Tiltrotor 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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Convertiplane (section Tiltrotor)
classed as a rotorcraft and not a convertiplane. The powered rotors of a tiltrotor (sometimes called proprotor) are mounted on rotating shafts or nacelles...
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The Leonardo Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor (NextGenCTR or NGCTR) is a tiltrotor aircraft demonstrator designed and developed by the Italian aerospace...
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Bell Textron (section Tiltrotors)
Osprey – with Boeing BDS TR918 Eagle Eye UAV Quad TiltRotor – with Boeing BDS Bell BAT (1984 tiltrotor project for LHX programme – not built) Bell CTR-1900...
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and rotates up for vertical takeoff and landing. It is similar to the tiltrotor design where only the propeller and engine rotate. Tiltwing aircraft are...
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VMM-262 (redirect from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262)
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (VMM-262) is a United States Marine Corps tiltrotor squadron consisting of MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. The...
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conventional helicopter, a large-wing slowed rotor compound helicopter, and a tiltrotor – were being studied as of April 2013. Although requirements are still...
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Bell V-247 Vigilant (category Tiltrotor aircraft)
Bell V-247 Vigilant is a concept by Bell Helicopter to develop a large tiltrotor unmanned aerial vehicle. Bell created the V-247 to meet emerging U.S....
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The ACE is led by an aviation headquarters which employs rotary-wing, tiltrotor, and fixed-wing aircraft in conjunction with command and control, maintenance...
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greater payload capacity than the monorotor design, and coaxial-rotor, tiltrotor and compound helicopters are also all flying today. Four-rotor helicopters...
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Bell Eagle Eye (category Tiltrotor aircraft)
The Bell Helicopter Eagle Eye, Model 918, was an American tiltrotor unmanned aerial vehicle that was offered as one of the competitors in the United States...
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Stuart Couch (section MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor cover-up)
officer of the Marine Corps' only V-22 tiltrotor squadron for falsifying maintenance records. The MV-22 tiltrotor was in development for decades with continued...
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Curtiss-Wright X-19 (category Tiltrotor aircraft)
Curtiss-Wright X-19, company designation Model 200, is an American experimental tiltrotor aircraft of the early 1960s. It was noteworthy for being the last aircraft...
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twin helicopter program, and to increase its interest in the BA609 civil tiltrotor aircraft from 25 per cent to 40 per cent. In June 2008, AgustaWestland...
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Transcendental Model 1-G (category Tiltrotor aircraft)
experimental American tiltrotor prototype of the 1950s. It was a single-seat aircraft powered by a piston engine, and was the first tiltrotor to fly. A single...
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similar may refer to: Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, an American multi-mission, tiltrotor military aircraft Fokker V 22, a variant of the Fokker D.VII German World...
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VMM-161 (redirect from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161)
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (VMM-161) is a United States Marine Corps tiltrotor squadron that operates the MV-22 Osprey. The squadron, known as...
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carriers, amphibious assault ships are capable of V/STOL, STOVL, VTOL, tiltrotor, and rotary wing aircraft operations. They also contain a well deck to...
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designations List of military aircraft of the United States Bell Boeing Quad TiltRotor "U.S. Air Force Reveals New Yearlong Delay For T-7 | Aviation Week Network"...
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