For VTOL and hover operations, the drone's top and bottom bodywork opens up in a series of slats, exposing a greater percentage of the rotors' swept area to airflow and deriving maximum lift. Then, as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writing about vertical flight aircraft & advanced aviation technology. The EHang 184 electric VTOL aircraft has two ...

With the rotor stopped, the blades are stowed in the sled test at Holloman. Credit: Bell Bell has completed sled tests of the stop/fold rotor concept for a high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing ...

Sikorsky’s rotor blown wing is a hybrid-electric flying wing with semi-articulated rotors for control in hover. Credit: Sikorsky Sikorsky is getting a second chance to build an advanced rotorcraft for ...

Archer Aviation Inc. (NYSE: ACHR) today announced an exclusive collaboration with Karem Aircraft, giving Archer access to the key aspects of Karem’s advanced, military-grade rotor and tiltrotor ...

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After take off, the X-plane tilts its rotor nacelles forward for horizontal flight and locks them off as the jet engines take over. At this point, the rotor blades become a liability creating nothing ...

Transcend Air's ground bound scale model test rig consists of an in-house fabricated boom, a one-fifth Vy400 scale model and a 2006 Toyota Sequoia SUV. Transcend Air plans to launch production of its ...

The collaboration marks a significant addition to Archer’s strategy as the company accelerates development of its dual-use vertical lift platform, designed to modernize certain legacy capabilities ...

Integral to Archer’s strategic partnership with Anduril is the goal of delivering an autonomous, hybrid propulsion, vertical take-off and landing aircraft that can help modernize the U.S. and its ...