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Gaël Le Bris · @glebris
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AIN: The is seeking public comment on certification standards it has developed for the Leonardo AW609 civil . More here: ainonline.com/aviation-news/bu. 🚁🛩

#vtol #verticalflight #Aviation #aircraft #tiltrotor #faa

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Mike Lensi · @philbro
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I've always thought this thumbwheel which controls engine nacelle tilt in the V-22 was one of the slickest human-machine interface designs

#tiltrotor #osprey #v22 #humanfactorsdesign #HumanMachineInterface

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Julien Maire · @Julien_Maire
38 followers · 593 posts · Server bagarrosphere.fr

🧐 Interesting !

Out of sound-reduction (definitely useful for micro-UAV [*]), that could be interesting to @BellFlight to study such rotor as it reduces vortex, which remain an issue for .

([*] would be far more complex to apply on helicopters for lot of things)
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RT @MITLL
The toroidal propeller, one of the Lab's @RD100Awards winners, has a unique, closed-form propeller design that makes it a significantly quieter alterna…
twitter.com/MITLL/status/16114

#sof #tiltrotor

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Vertical Flight Society · @VTOLsociety
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Happy New Year! For this first day of 2023, we've posted a new album in our Vertical Flight Photo Gallery: gallery.vtol.org/album/JzYM

This is a collection of and other aircraft at Institution's National Air and Space Museum () Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. staff photos taken Dec. 29, 2022. CC BY-SA 4.0

#vtol #smithsonian #nasm #vfs #aviation #photography #avgeek #helicopter #Rotorcraft #autogiro #verticalflight #huey #tiltrotor #bell #boeing #sikosky #hiller #kaman #lockheed

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Vertical Flight Society · @VTOLsociety
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15 years after Congress first instigated the program at the behest of and our members, and 11+ years after the 1st contract awards, the "Army announces Future Long Range Assault Aircraft contract award":
army.mil/article/262523

Congrats to , and !

(Jay Miller photo of first flight, Dec. 18, 2017)

#futureverticallift #vfs #bellflight #usarmy #fvlcft #helicopter #avgeek #Rotorcraft #aviation #armyaviation #tiltrotor #flraa

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Vertical Flight Society · @VTOLsociety
84 followers · 334 posts · Server mastodon.world

15 years after Congress first instigated the program at the behest of and our members, and 11+ years after the 1st contract awards, the "Army announces Future Long Range Assault Aircraft contract award":
army.mil/article/262523

Congrats to , and !

(Jay Miller photo of first flight, Dec. 18, 2017)

#futureverticallift #vfs #bellflight #usarmy #fvlcft #helicopter #avgeek #Rotorcraft #aviation #armyaviation #tiltrotor #flraa

Last updated 2 years ago

Elan Head · @elanhead
57 followers · 6 posts · Server mastodon.world

Most of the attention on the FAA's powered-lift rulemaking process relates to aircraft, but it will also shape the entry into service of the Leonardo AW609 . My story on the implications for the 609 is now live at Vertical Mag: verticalmag.com/news/faas-evto

#eVTOL #tiltrotor

Last updated 2 years ago

Elan Head · @elanhead
284 followers · 34 posts · Server mastodon.world

Most of the attention on the FAA's powered-lift rulemaking process relates to aircraft, but it will also shape the entry into service of the Leonardo AW609 . My story on the implications for the 609 is now live at Vertical Mag: verticalmag.com/news/faas-evto

#eVTOL #tiltrotor

Last updated 2 years ago

Elan Head · @elanhead
55 followers · 5 posts · Server mastodon.world

The FAA today announced a proposed update to its air carrier definition to include powered-lift operations: faa.gov/newsroom/notice-propos

It's mostly an administrative change, but necessary to enable winged and (i.e. AW609) aircraft to be used in commercial operations.

#eVTOL #tiltrotor

Last updated 2 years ago

Elan Head · @elanhead
284 followers · 34 posts · Server mastodon.world

The FAA today announced a proposed update to its air carrier definition to include powered-lift operations: faa.gov/newsroom/notice-propos

It's mostly an administrative change, but necessary to enable winged and (i.e. AW609) aircraft to be used in commercial operations.

#eVTOL #tiltrotor

Last updated 2 years ago

Tech News Worldwide · @TechNews
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IT News · @itnewsbot
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[Tom Stanton] Builds an Osprey - The V-22 Osprey is an aircraft like no other. The tiltrotor multirole military air... - hackaday.com/2022/10/08/tom-st -22

#rc #vtol #v #pitch #osprey #cyclic #tiltrotor #swashplate #helicopter #collective #dronehacks

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Adamas Nemesis · @adamasnemesis
571 followers · 3789 posts · Server social.adamasnemesis.com

In the winds of the murky twilight, the bluest of all blue hours, a man dives from a futuristic dropship. Who is he? What is his mission? What danger will he face along the way?...

#art #MastoArt #digitalart #painting #digitalpainting #twilight #nightsky #cloudscape #aircraft #tiltrotor #skydiving

Last updated 2 years ago