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Bell will design and build a high-speed VTOL demonstrator for DARPA’s SPRINT program, as Aurora exits the competition.
VTOL jet transports promised a future of vertical take off and landing for fast, flexible air travel. From bold Cold War ...
DARPA named Bell Textron to proceed with the next phase of its SPRINT X-Plane project, to design and build an aircraft that ...
What could be cooler than a jet-powered equivalent of a quadcopter drone? Well, how about a larger passenger-carrying version ...
The project aims to revolutionise military air mobility by enabling high-speed operations without relying on runways.
Stellantis-backed VTOL maker Archer announced it conducted a test flight of its Midnight eVTOL at the Al Bateen Executive ...
Now, newcomer Jetson Aero throws its hat into the ring with the Jetson One, an electric VTOL that doesn’t require a pilot license and that you put together yourself.
Vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft generally use propellers, but these are often mistakenly called "rotors," creating confusion.
The Yakovlev Yak-38 was the only VTOL jet fighter ever to make it into the Soviet military's arsenal and the USSR's first operational carrier-based fixed-wing aircraft.
VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) drones already have some advantages over multicopters and fixed-wing drones, but could they offer even better functionality? The designers of the ROTORwing ...
For another simple VTOL project, check out [Nicholas Rehm]’s F-35 which runs on his dRehmFlight flight control software. Posted in drone hacks Tagged quadcopter, rc plane, vtol.