Aircraft considered are Bell XV-3 with tilting rotors and fixed wing, Vertol VZ-2 with tilting wing and flapping rotors, Curtiss-Wright X-100 with tilting propellers and small fixed wing, and Doak VZ-4 with tilting, ducted fans at tips of fixed wing; all demonstrated successful conversions from hovering to flight and vice versa; problems encountered due to lack of control power, ground interference effects, wing stalling, and height control.
Handling qualities experience with several VTOL research aircraft
NASA -- Tech Note
1961
17 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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