tilt-rotor
Rotating nacelle plane
A tilt-rotor is an aircraft that combines helicopter and airplane capabilities by rotating its engine nacelles or rotors between vertical and horizontal positions.
In vertical mode, it takes off and lands like a helicopter; tilted forward, it flies like a turboprop plane.
The V-22 Osprey is the most prominent example.
The military uses tilt-rotors for missions requiring both vertical takeoff and high-speed flight.
Hybrid helicopter-airplane for combat
- convertiplaneAircraft with tilting rotors
- nacelleAircraft engine housing
- swivelingTurning on a fixed point
- transitionChange from one state
hover · cruise · VTOL · military · transport · assault · tiltrotor · rotorcraft
Change from one state
- conversionAct of changing states
- hoverRemain suspended midair
- cruiseLeisurely ocean voyage
- verticalAt right angles groundward
takeoff · landing · maneuver · altitude · speed · envelope · autorotation · approach
Aircraft engine housing
- gearboxEnclosed system of cogs
- transmissionSending of information
- actuatorDevice producing controlled motion
- pivotPoint of rotation
mechanism · conversion · aerodynamics · blade · pitch · vortex · downwash · redundancy
Osprey
Hybrid helicopter-airplane for combat
- convertiplaneAircraft with tilting rotors
- nacelleAircraft engine housing
- swivelingTurning on a fixed point
transition · hover · cruise · VTOL · military · transport · assault · tiltrotor · rotorcraft · hybrid
transition
Change from one state
- conversionAct of changing states
- hoverRemain suspended midair
- cruiseLeisurely ocean voyage
vertical · takeoff · landing · maneuver · altitude · speed · envelope · autorotation · approach · descent
nacelle
Aircraft engine housing
- gearboxEnclosed system of cogs
- transmissionSending of information
- actuatorDevice producing controlled motion
pivot · mechanism · conversion · aerodynamics · blade · pitch · vortex · downwash · redundancy · hydraulics
- aircraftairplane, airliner, airplanes, plane, biplane
- eVTOLair taxi, flying car, vertical takeoff, vertical landing, vertical flight
- Experimental AircraftX-15, X-plane, X-planes, demonstrator, proof of concept
- flight testingtest flight, flight test, test pilot, first flight, flight testing
tilt-rotorfixed-wing
Plane with stationary airfoils
jet aircraft · glider · lighter-than-air · propeller plane · autogyro
tilt, rotor, tilts, tilted, tilting, tilter, rotors, rotate, rotation