- A
convertiplane is
defined by the Fédération Aéronautique
Internationale (FAI or
World Air
Sports Federation) as an
aircraft which uses
rotor power for...
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designs that have
unique design features to
achieve powered lift. A
convertiplane takes off
under rotor lift like a helicopter, then
transitions to fixed-wing...
- "private
plane for the million", a
foldable single-engined
tiltrotor convertiplane.
Richard William Pe****, born at
Waitohi Flat,
South Canterbury, New...
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solely fixed-wing lift in
horizontal flight is not a
rotorcraft but a
convertiplane. A
helicopter is a
powered rotorcraft with
rotors driven by the engine(s)...
- The
Hiller X-18 was an
experimental cargo transport aircraft designed to be the
first testbed for
tiltwing and V/STOL (vertical/short
takeoff and landing)...
- The
McDonnell XV-1 is an
experimental Convertiplane developed by
McDonnell Aircraft for a
joint research program between the
United States Air
Force and...
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multicopter that has four rotors.
Although quadrotor helicopters and
convertiplanes have long been
flown experimentally, the
configuration remained a curiosity...
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United States Marines, use a
tiltrotor or tiltwing.
These are
called a
convertiplane.
Others like the
British Harrier jump jet use
thrust vectoring or other...
- This is a list of
aircraft sorted by
maximum takeoff weight. MTOW =
Maximum take-off weight, MLW =
Maximum landing weight, TOR = Take-off run (SL, ISA+15°...
- flight. On 5
January 1959, the
Rotodyne set a
world speed record in the
convertiplane category, at 190.9 mph (307.2 km/h), over a 60-mile (97 km)
closed circuit...
