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VTOL - Wikipedia
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Props, proprotors and
advanced rotorcraft
Bell XV-15
NASA has flown other VTOL craft such
as the Bell XV-15 research craft (1977),
as have the Soviet Navy and Luftwaffe.
Sikorsky tested an aircraft dubbed the X-
Wing, which took off in the manner of a
helicopter. The rotors would become
stationary in mid-flight, and function as
wings, providing lift in addition to the
static wings. Boeing X-50 is a Canard
Rotor/Wing prototype that utilizes a
similar concept.[10]
V/STOL
The Harrier is usually flown in STOVL
mode, which enables it to carry a higher
fuel or weapon load over a given
distance.[2] In V/STOL the VTOL aircraft
moves horizontally along the runway
before taking off using vertical thrust.
This gives aerodynamic lift as well as
thrust lift and permits taking off with
heavier loads and is more efficient. When
landing the aircraft is much lighter due to
the loss of propellant weight and a
controlled vertical landing is possible.
Modern drones
A Schiebel Camcopter S-100, a modern VTOL
unmanned aerial vehicle
Rockets
Grasshopper was a VTVL first-stage
booster test vehicle SpaceX developed to
validate various low-altitude, low-velocity
engineering aspects of its large-vehicle
reusable rocket technology.[19] The test
vehicle made eight successful test[20]
flights in 2012–2013. Grasshopper v1.0
made its eighth, and final, test flight on
October 7, 2013, flying to an altitude of
744 metres (2,441 ft) (0.46 miles) before
making its eighth successful VTVL
landing.[21]
Rotorcraft
Helicopter
Gyrodyne
Cyclogyro
Powered lift
Convertiplane
A convertiplane takes off under rotor lift
like a helicopter, then transitions to fixed-
wing lift in forward flight.
Tiltrotor
Tiltjet
Tail-sitter
Vectored thrust
Lift jets
Lift fans
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