Full-Scale Single Rotor Test Advances Maturity Of Karem’s OSTR

36-ft.-dia. Single Rotor Test rig
The 36-ft.-dia. Single Rotor Test rig demonstrated most key OSTR technologies in runs at Victorville Airport in California.
Credit: Karem Aircraft
For Karem Aircraft, the full-size, 36-ft.-dia. rotor system on its tower at California’s Victorville Airport represents the culmination of 15 years of work and almost $100 million of government and company investment in developing the technologies behind its Optimum Speed Tilt Rotor concept. For...

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