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AugustaWestland heli assembly in the UK (Merlin AW101)interesting to check out state-of-the art helicopter assembly by Westland.AW101 seats around 25 troops, has three 2,300HP turbines, so close to 7,000 sHP total.Here is a TV show reporting about the Me[more ...]
Posted by VCTO
26 Nov : 01:57
Re: Proto2 Flight #10 @ Moffett (Canards view)works with Mozilla Firefox....Thanks
Posted by bephelps
11 Nov : 06:48
Re: Proto2 Flight #10 @ Moffett (Canards view)Hi BryanIndeed there was a glitch in my video clip, I re-postedthx for checking and flagging back.Oliver.PS: note that the site is not up to date (we did 2 more flights with P2 after than one, and 5 n[more ...]
Posted by VCTO
08 Nov : 12:28
Re: Proto2 Flight #10 @ Moffett (Canards view)I don't see or hear anything!
Posted by bephelps
08 Nov : 10:41
Re: Completion and maiden flight of proto3 POCThanks Sugar, I am posting the videos shortly..here is one pict that was de-interlaced from the HDcam ground record.note that was a CTOL only flight (thrust horizontal), checking 3-axis stability and [more ...]
Posted by VCTO
26 Sep : 18:06
Re: Completion and maiden flight of proto3 POCOliver, congrats on achieving this exciting milestone. I can't wait to see the video footage of it's maiden flight.
Posted by Sugar
24 Sep : 15:47
Completion and maiden flight of proto3 POCSep.07 2009. Moffett Field, CA - Proto3 was completed for a maiden flight on Labor Day 2009.it flew for a full round of batteries and for 5 minutes. The performance was nomimal and first flight was ve[more ...]
Posted by VCTO
17 Sep : 23:09
Re: how do the RC models of the verticopter get stabilized in roll and pitch during hover ?Good question , but let me refine it : should we use a v-tail mixer for the Inverted VTAIL ??Well indeed NO, the VTAIL is ready here to stabilize in yaw and give yaw control, not to provide pitch/roll[more ...]
Posted by VCTO
10 Jun : 02:03
Re: how do the RC models of the verticopter get stabilized in roll and pitch during hover ?Oliver, would it be possible to utilise a V-mixer to combine both pitch and roll?
Posted by Sugar
10 Jun : 00:46
POC test flight updated agendaMay 30. Mtn View,CA - Based on recent developments in the summer agenda linked to Vertical Challenge, Oshkosh and Mark's traveling, it was decided to cancel Flight 13 with proto2 to then focus on the [more ...]
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09 Jun : 00:19
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Goldstarz
01 Jul : 15:39
Dear Oliver,How bout Hundreds of the 7 seater Verticopter used for mass transit around big cities, flying 6 1 person drivers into the big cities and landing near their workplace?...Actually we need a bigger Verticopter lol.....Kevin R.
wije
04 May : 09:07
Thanks ,Oliver.
VCTO
16 Apr : 23:54
Hi Peter, VC.net is not the support channel for the sim, plse email support©verticopter.com for that purpose - thanks !
PeterJames
16 Apr : 12:19
Sorry i must be having a bad head day!?Just download and unziped the meg pack of Verticopter for my X-Plane 9 it is sitting in the down load folder, so I know you know what I am going to say next! How do I start to use and fly this in my sim? help? new to i mac! regards to anyone who can help.
thanks.
VCTO
07 Apr : 21:51
Hi Goldstarz, this is not of live chat as not enough visitors at one time, but you are welcome to start a topic !!
Goldstarz
07 Apr : 12:21
Anyone here to chat with?
VCTO
03 Mar : 02:26
Hi John, the market is asking for true-VTOL RCs and not only STOVL ... working currently on just doing this (VTOL) ...
Sugar
25 Feb : 13:47
Hi Oliver, any progress on kits yet?
VCTO
13 Feb : 12:01
Hello Gary, welcome to the site !
wije
31 Jan : 22:39
You saved me once again Oliver. Thanks so much.
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CAFE foundation posted highlights of the 4th EAS symposium
(Garrow Aircraft LLC made a public presentation of the VC technology during that event)
F-35 STOVL goes supersonic for the first time
F-35 STOVL goes supersonic for the first timeThe F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program continues to rack up the milestones with the F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant breaking the sound barrier for the first time. The F-35B, which completed its first vertical landing in March, hit Mach 1.07 (727 miles per hour) in an off-shore test on June 10 and will be put through a series of supersonic flights that will gradually take the aircraft towards its top speed of Mach 1.6. The F-35B STOVL marks the first time in 100 years of military aviation that a plane has combined radar-evading stealth, VTOL and supersonic speed and may go some way towards justifying the program's other milestone achievement of being the most expensive weapons program in military history. Read More
The Farmers Airship sets World Distance Record—on the Today Show!
Eureka has lots to brag about. She’s the biggest airship on earth, the only Zeppelin in the Americas and hangs out with astronauts. But late last month she added another superlative to that list, world-record holder!On May 25, the Farmers Airship, broke the modern airship world distance record. Piloted by Airship Ventures' Director of Flight Operations Jim Dexter, Eureka soared between her home base at Moffett Field in the San Francisco Bay Area, and Brown Field in San Diego. Taking just over 10 hours, the flight covered 459.3 miles, breaking the standing Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) record previously held by a Russian team by 70.2 miles.
Joining the record-breaking Airship Ventures team aboard were some special guests, including Kevin Kelso, Chief Marketing Officer of Farmers Insurance, and NBC’s Jenna Wolfe, who documented the journey for the Today Show.
March 19 : F-35 Lightning II nails first vertical landing
F-35 Lightning II nails first vertical landingThe F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter has completed its first vertical landing. The Short Take-Off Vertical Landing (STOVL) demonstration saw Lead Pilot Graham Tomlinson perform an 80-knot (93 miles per hour) short takeoff, a one minute hover and a vertical descent onto a 95-foot square pad riding more than 41,000 pounds of thrust provided by the Rolls-Royce LiftFan system. Read More
Pilotless Aircraft Approved for Texas Airspace
CARTER SIGNS $4 MILLION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT
Carter Aviation Technologies, LLC of Wichita Falls, Texas, has completed negotiations with the Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation (WFEDC) on a multi-million dollar job incentive program. Signed on April 14, 2010, the agreement provides $4 million of operating capital in the form of a loan to Carter to facilitate increased development activity and corporate expansion. Carter is ramping-up to meet the requirements of a new license for its technology. Carter's Slowed Rotor/Compound (SR/C) Aircraft Technology, a combination of rotorcraft and fixed-wing aerodynamics, has been licensed by AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems.
sad fate for this Osprey
First USAF CV-22 Osprey Lost in Combat
A U.S. Air Force Bell/Boeing CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor crashed April 9 near Qalat City, Afghanistan, killing four aboard and injuring “numerous” others, according to the Pentagon. The tiltrotor was assigned to NATO’s International Security Assistance Force and was believed to be on a troop insertion mission. Claims by the Taliban that it shot down the aircraft could not be confirmed. The $76 million CV-22 is a modified and more expensive version of the MV-22 developed for the Marine Corps. It features longer range and better electronic-warfare capability. Two MV-22s crashed in the U.S. during 2000 while on training missions.
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Israel unveils new drone fleet that can reach Iran
Helicopters, even the best ones like the EC135, remain dangerous...
VCTO, Sunday 21 February 2010 - 15:15:28 // Comments are turned off for this item
Still cannot grasp why billionaires still flying helos, while some convertiplanes like the VC would be much safer !!
(AINalert, Feb 16. 2010)
Blade Separation Preceded EC135 Crash
Preliminary indications are that blade failure played a role in the fatal crash of a 2000 American Eurocopter EC135T1 near Cave Creek, Ariz., on Sunday afternoon. Witnesses on the ground reported hearing a popping sound and then seeing parts fly off the helicopter before it rolled several times, pitched 90 degrees nose-down into the ground and caught fire. The NTSB confirmed to AIN that parts of the rotor blades were found half a mile from the crash site. The helicopter was en route from Flagstaff to Scottsdale Air Park when it crashed in a desert wash between two houses, killing all five aboard. Among the passengers were the helicopter’s owner–billionaire Thomas Stewart, CEO of Services Group of America–his wife, five-year-old daughter and the pilot. Stewart is remembered for unsuccessfully trying to get the city of Seattle to approve a helipad on the roof of his office building there, and eventually taking the matter to the Washington State Supreme Court.
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