A V/STOL jet or tilt-prop as an observation plane will be able to slow to a hover for close scrutiny of ground activity while avoiding the low-speed vulnerability of the helicopter flying to and from ...
Here's some interesting food for thought based on Chinese-focused blogosphere chatter about the existence of the J-18 vertical/short take-off and landing fighter that's rumored to have entered flight ...
Fig. 1: The eV/STOL vehicle hovering with deflected slipstream turned downward by coflow jet flap. Fig. 2: The eV/STOL vehicle at high efficiency cruise with coflow jet tandem wings and vortex ...
U.S. startup CoFlow Jet has struck an agreement with NASA to commercialize deflected-slipstream technology that would enable an electric vertical-/short-takeoff-and-landing (eV/STOL) aircraft to ...