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The Bell X-22 is an American V/STOL X-plane with four tilting ducted fans.Takeoff was to selectively occur either with the propellers tilted vertically upwards, or on a short runway with the nacelles tilted forward at approximately 45°.
X-1: Bell: USAF, NACA: 1946 High-speed and high-altitude flight First aircraft to break the sound barrier in level flight. Proved aerodynamic viability of thin wing sections. [10] X-1A X-1B X-1C X-1D: Bell USAF, NACA 1951 High-speed and high-altitude flight X-1E: Bell USAF, NACA 1955 High-speed and high-altitude flight X-2: Bell USAF 1952
Bell V-280 Valor ; Bell X-14 (vectored thrust) Bell X-22 ; Bell XV-3 (first tiltrotor) Bell XV-15 (tiltrotor) Bensen B-10 (ducted fan) Boeing/McDonnell Douglas AV-8 Harrier (vectored thrust) Boeing-Vertol VZ-2 ; Boeing X-32B (vectored thrust) Boeing X-50 (stoppable-rotor gyrodyne UAV - failed to achieve forward flight) Boulton Paul P.137 VTOL ...
The Bell Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, a builder of several types of fighter aircraft for World War II but most famous for the Bell X-1, the first supersonic aircraft, and for the development and production of many important civilian and military helicopters.
Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey, the only crewed tiltrotor in production to date. A tiltrotor is a type of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that convert from vertical to horizontal flight by rotating propellers or ducted fans from horizontal positions like conventional aircraft propellers to vertical like a helicopter's rotors.
Northrop X-21 – Laminar flow wing; Bell X-22 – Ducted fan V/STOL; Martin X-23 PRIME – Lifting body reentry vehicle testbed; Martin Marietta X-24 – Lifting body test aircraft; Bensen X-25 – Single-seat autogyro; Schweizer X-26 Frigate – Sailplane; Lockheed X-27 Lancer – high-performance technology demonstrator based on Lockheed CL-1200
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