Bell Takes Tailsitter Route To VTOL Cargo Drones

The problem with tailsitting vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft was always the pilot. Tailsitting pairs the small takeoff-and-landing spaces of helicopters with the more efficient forward flight of fixed-wing aircraft, but attempts to do it with humans on board required disorienting...

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