Requirements of local service market, limitations of helicopter and concept of using secondary propeller force to provide aircraft lift; VTOL development program of Curtiss Wright Corp, and design of Model 300 short-haul VTOL 4-engine transport having cruise speed of 300 to 400 mph, capacity of 50 passengers, range of 500 mi, pressurization, etc; aircraft with four tilt propellers is of all metal semi-monocoque construction; safety, noise, wake velocity, performance and cost study. (see also abstract in SAE -- J v 69 n 4 Apr 1961 p 90-1)
Mass transportation by high-speed VTOL
SAE -- Paper
SAE Meeting ; 1961 VTOL-STOL
1961
26 pages
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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