Unmanned boom/canard propeller v/stol aircraft

An unmanned aircraft is provided which dual turbo shaft engines diving contra-rotating propellers. A bow plane provides pitch control during normal aircraft cruising. The contra-rotating propellers generate a slipstream for wing and tail sections that permit the aircraft to execute hover without the...

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Hauptverfasser: GEBHARD, DAVID F
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Zusammenfassung:An unmanned aircraft is provided which dual turbo shaft engines diving contra-rotating propellers. A bow plane provides pitch control during normal aircraft cruising. The contra-rotating propellers generate a slipstream for wing and tail sections that permit the aircraft to execute hover without the use of complicated tiltable rotor or jet assemblies.