General Aviation VTOL Concept Aims For Efficient Hover And Fast Cruise
Credit: SAE International
Designers have resorted to complex rotor systems, tilting wings, thrust vectoring or direct lift to master the tricky challenge of combining vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) capability with high cruise speed. Now developers in Michigan have unveiled preliminary test results of a simpler arc-wing...
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