As part of defining the needs and technology requirements for VTOL aircraft research and development, the objective of this paper is to study the application of two tilt propulsion concept VTOL aircraft to the business/executive transport mission. The two concepts selected for study are the tilt jet concept utilizing rotating turbofan engines for both vertical lift and cruise thrust, and the tilt rotor concept using relatively low disc loading propellers for hover and cruise. Overall mission costs, including the time-value cost of the executives, was computed for a selected range of mission distances, up to the design mission range of 750 nm (1400 km). The total trip cost was also compared to that of a conventional helicopter/business jet combination for a typical executive transport mission.


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    Title :

    Analysis of selected VTOL concepts for a civil transportation mission


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    V/STOL Conference ; 1981 ; Palo Alto, CA


    Publication date :

    1981-12-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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