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Helicopters and VTOL. IPerformance projections into the next half-century of VTOL aircraft design are presently made on the basis of recent design trends. Attention is given to the technology-development and commercial prospects for tilt-rotor, thrust-vectoring hover, lighter-than-air, and speculative electromagnetic-propulsion, remotely-beamed power systems. Highly automated air traffic control systems are envisioned which will incorporate AI, satellite positioning, synthetic vision, obstacle detection/avoidance and fiber-optic transmission to safely manage giant airborne mass-transit commuter systems. It is expected that tilt-rotor aircraft will become the dominant VTOL configuration as time passes.
Document ID
19890049528
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Burks, John S.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Exxon Air World
Volume: 41
Issue: 1, 19
ISSN: 0014-5068
Subject Category
Aircraft Design, Testing And Performance
Accession Number
89A36899
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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