Tilt-Wings Off Tilt?
In a recent Feedback, reader Virgil Soule proposes that a tilt-wing be designed and implemented with tiltrotors (AW&ST Oct. 3, p. 8). Tilt-wings, though they may generally have a higher cruise speed, tend to generate higher downwash velocities in hover and are noisy critters—as witnessed by the XC...
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