List of tiltrotor aircraft

A Tiltrotor is a type of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that convert from vertical to horizontal flight by rotating propellers or ducted fans from horizontal positions like conventional aircraft propellers to vertical like a helicopter's rotors.[1]

Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey, the most successful tiltrotor to date.

Aircraft
TypeCountryClassRoleDateStatusNo.Notes
Aerocopter SarusUSMono rotorCommuter2009Project0[2]
American Dynamics AD-150USScout UAV2011Project0USMC Tier III VUAS submission. Ducted fans.[3]
AgustaWestland AW609US/ItalyTwin rotorCivil transportMarch 2003PrototypeOriginally Bell-Augusta BA609.[4]
AgustaWestland Project ZeroItalyTwin fansExperimentalJune 2011Prototype1Hybrid propulsion. Ducted fans.[5]
Baldwin MTR-SDUSMono rotorExperimental2010Prototype1Small radio-control mono tiltrotor testbed.[6]
Bell XV-3USTwin rotorExperimentalAugust 1955Prototype2Originally designated XH-33.[7]
Bell XV-15USTwin rotorExperimentalMay 1977Prototype2Developed into V-22 Osprey.[8]
Bell Boeing V-22 OspreyUSTwin rotorMilitary transportMarch 1989Production[9]
Bell V-247 VigilantUSMultirole UAV2016Project0[10]
Bell V-280 ValorUSHeavy transport2017PrototypeIntended for both commuter and military roles.[11]
Bell Eagle EyeUSTwin rotorScout UAVMarch 1998Prototype[12]
Bell Boeing Quad TiltRotorUSQuad rotorHeavy transport2005Project0Several redesigns.[13]
Colugo Systems ARCopterIsraelQuad frameScout UAV2015-Tilting quadcopter frame.[14]
CTA Heliconair HC-I ConvertiplanoBrazilExperimental1954Prototype1[15]
Curtiss-Wright X-100USTwin rotorExperimentalMarch 1960Prototype1Testbed for radial force principle. Developed into X-19.[16]
Curtiss-Wright X-19USQuad rotorTransport testbedNovember 1963-2[17]
Doak VZ-4USTwin rotorExperimentalFebruary 1958Prototype1U.S. Army VTOL research project. Ducted fans.[18]
Dornier Do 29GermanyTwin rotorExperimentalDecember 1958Prototype2Utility VTOL testbed. Inverted rotors.[19]
Dufaux triplaneSwitzerlandExperimental1909-Central rotor and engine. Built but could not fly.[20]
FLUTR model 1GermanyFlying car2018Project0[21]
Focke-Achgelis Fa 269GermanyTwin rotorFighter1943-Inverted rotors.[22]
IAI PantherIsraelTrirotorRecon UAV2011PrototypeThird rotor for lift only.[23]
IAI/Hankuk FE-PantherIsrael, South KoreaTrirotorRecon UAV2016PrototypeImproved Panther with separate engine for horizontal flight.[24]
Mil Mi-30USSRTransport1972Project0"Vintoplan".[25]
Nord Aviation N 500 CadetFranceExperimentalJuly 1968PrototypeDucted fans.[26]
Russian Helicopters AlbatrossRussiaUAV2015Project0In development; hybrid tiltrotor-tiltwing.[25]
Transcendental Model 1-GUSTwin rotorExperimentalJuly 1954PrototypeSingle engine.[27]
Transcendental Model 2USExperimental1956-Improved Model 1.[28]

See also

References

Citations
  1. Leishman 2006, p.328
  2. Streep || Abe. " The Personal Tilt-Rotor." Popular Science || Vol. 274, no. 5, May 2009.
  3. Maryland Funds Work On VTOL Unmanned Aircraft Aviation Week & Space Technology, 11 February 2010.
  4. Wynbrandt, James (11 February 2012). "AW609 Finally Ready for its Close-up". Aviation International News. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  5. "Project Zero: Half plane, half helicopter" BBC News, 20 June 2013.
  6. "Persistence Pays Off For Mono Tiltrotor Inventor" || Aviation Week 171.16, October 26, 2009, page 64
  7. Maisel 2000. Page 14.
  8. Maisel 2000. Page 70.
  9. Norton 2004
  10. Bell unveils V-247 Vigilant unmanned tiltrotor - Flightglobal.com, 22 September 2016
  11. Bell unveils V-280 Valor mock-up - Flightglobal.com, 21 October 2013
  12. New search for VTOL UAVs may resurrect Bell tiltrotor - Flightglobal.com, 21 January 2016
  13. "Heavy duty: US Army backs tiltrotor as future battlefield airlifter". Flight International, 14 January 2008.
  14. Bergqvist, Pia (7 July 2015). "Video: See New VTOL Drone Concept Fly". Flying. Winter Park, FL: Bonnier Corporation. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  15. "Focke Convertiplane".Flight, 1955, p.214
  16. Connor, R.D. "Curtiss-Wright X-100". National Air and Space Museum. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  17. Jenkins 2004, p.40
  18. Stevenson, Roy, "Doak's One-Off," Aviation History, July 2014, pp. 14–15.
  19. Luftwaffe: Projekte: Do 29. In: Geschichte der Luftwaffe. Bundeswehr. Accessed 2009-06-15.
  20. Taylor 1989, p.347.
  21. "FLUTR". flutr. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  22. Lepage 2009, p.385
  23. "Israel Aerospace Industries unveils Panther UAV". www.theengineer.co.uk. October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
  24. Egozi, Arie (19 December 2016). "Hybrid power Panther demonstrated in South Korea". Flightglobal. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  25. Trimble, Stephen (27 August 2015). "MAKS: Russian Helicopters launches unmanned tiltrotor concept". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  26. Taylor 1989, p.33
  27. Maisel 2000. Page 8.
  28. Maisel 2000. Page 11.

Bibliography
  • Jenkins, Dennis R. (2004). X-Planes Photo Scrapbook. North Branch, MN: Specialty Press. ISBN 978-158007-076-8.
  • Leishman, J. Gordon (2006). Principles of Helicopter Aerodynamics. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-85860-7.
  • Lepage, Jean-Denis G.G. (2009). Aircraft of the Luftwaffe, 1935–1945: An Illustrated Guide. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-3937-9.
  • Maisel, Martin D., Demo J. Giulianetti and Daniel C. Dugan. "The History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft: From Concept to Flight". Washington, D.C.: NASA History Division, 2000.
  • Norton, Bill. Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, Tiltrotor Tactical Transport. Earl Shilton, Leicester, UK: Midland Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1-85780-165-2
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