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  2. Bell Boeing Quad TiltRotor - Wikipedia

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    The conceptual design featured a large tandem wing aircraft with V-22 type engines and 50-foot (15 m) rotors at each of the four wing tips. The C-130-size fuselage would have a 747-inch (19.0 m) cargo bay with a rear loading ramp that could carry 110 paratroopers or 150 standard-seating passengers.

  3. List of rotorcraft manufacturers by country - Wikipedia

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    Doman Helicopters [4] Enstrom Helicopter Corporation [49] Erickson Air-Crane; Fairchild Aircraft [50] FH1100 Manufacturing Corporation; Glenview Metal Products; Goodyear [4] Gyrodyne Company of America [51] Higgins Industries (defunct) – no longer produces aircraft; Hiller Aircraft [51] Hillman Helicopter [52] Hughes Aircraft [53] Kaman ...

  4. Quadcopter - Wikipedia

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    A quadcopter, also called quadrocopter, or quadrotor [1] is a type of helicopter or multicopter that has four rotors. [ 2 ] Although quadrotor helicopters and convertiplanes have long been flown experimentally, the configuration remained a curiosity until the arrival of the modern unmanned aerial vehicle or drone.

  5. List of tiltrotor aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Utility VTOL testbed. Inverted rotors. [19] Dufaux triplane: Switzerland: Experimental: 1909-Central rotor and engine. Built but could not fly. [20] FLUTR model 1: Germany: Flying car: 2018: Project: 0 [21] Focke-Achgelis Fa 269: Germany: Twin rotor: Fighter: 1943-Inverted rotors. [22] IAI Panther: Israel: Trirotor: Recon UAV: 2011: Prototype ...

  6. RotorWay A600 Talon - Wikipedia

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    The A600 features a single main rotor, a two-seats in side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit with a windshield, skid-type landing gear and a turbocharged four-stroke, 147 hp (110 kW) RotorWay RI 600S engine that drives the 25 ft (7.6 m) diameter two-bladed rotor and conventional 50.25 in (127.6 cm) diameter two-bladed tail rotor. The ...

  7. RotorWay - Wikipedia

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    In 1974, the company eliminated the 2-cycle engine and, unable to find a manufacturer to make their 4-cycle engine suitable for the helicopter, began production of their own engine. This engine, called the RotorWay RW133 , was a 4-cycle engine that was able to provide a cruise speed of 80 mph (130 km/h) with a range of 120 miles (193 km) and a ...

  8. RotorWay Scorpion - Wikipedia

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    This engine, the first built by RotorWay, was a 4-cylinder, 4-cycle, 133 horsepower (99 kW) engine. In 1977, because of the increased engine power, the length of the Scorpion's blades increased, from 24 feet (7.3 m) to 25 feet (7.6 m). Gross Weight: 1,235 lb (560 kg) Useful Load: 420 lb (191 kg)

  9. AgustaWestland AW109 - Wikipedia

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    The engines drive a fully articulated four-blade rotor system. [16] Over time, more advanced rotor blade designs have been progressively adopted for the AW109's main and tail rotors, such as composite materials being used to replace bonded metal, [ 17 ] these improvements have typically been made with the aim of reducing operating costs and ...