With the rotor stopped, the blades are stowed in the sled test at Holloman. Credit: Bell Bell has completed sled tests of the stop/fold rotor concept for a high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writing about vertical flight aircraft & advanced aviation technology. The EHang 184 electric VTOL aircraft has two ...

For VTOL and hover operations, the drone's top and bottom bodywork opens up in a series of slats, exposing a greater percentage of the rotors' swept area to airflow and deriving maximum lift. Then, as ...

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In one of the latest breakthroughs of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aviation, Sikorsky has successfully completed a test flight with its Rotor Blown Wing prototype drone. The small drone was ...

There will come a time in the near future when aircraft will seem like nothing we presently have at our disposal. From stranger and stranger shapes to increasingly insane capabilities, aircraft of the ...

Archer Aviation Inc. (NYSE: ACHR) today announced an exclusive collaboration with Karem Aircraft, giving Archer access to the key aspects of Karem’s advanced, military-grade rotor and tiltrotor ...

UAV Factory has rolled out its new Penguin C Mk2 VTOL pilot-less rotorcraft, which increases flight efficiency thanks to automatic hoods that stow away the lift rotors when not in use. The company ...

NASA’s rotorcraft research is focusing on technical challenges, which—if overcome—could open the door for regional jet-size vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft to operate quietly and ...

There’s a lot of ideas floating around the world. Some of these are even adapted to our modern world, as is the case with e-Vtols. From cars to helicopters and planes, designers around the world are ...