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The History of The XV-15 Tilt Rotor
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Contents Prologue . . . . . . . . .
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Dedication The story of the success
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Foreword The development of tilt ro
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List of Figures Figure 1 Leonardo d
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Figure 41 Simultaneous static test
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Figure A-2 Transcendental Model 2 t
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List of Acronyms AARL Army Aeronaut
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TRENDS Tilt Rotor Engineering Datab
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Figure 2. Illustration of vertical
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Figure 4. McDonnell XV-1 compound h
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Figure 7. Henry Berliner tiltpropel
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Top: Figure 9. The Baynes Heliplane
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Figure 13. Illustration from the Ha
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Figure 17. Bob Lichten, extreme lef
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Figure 20. Tiedown tests of the XV-
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16 Research and Engineering), obtai
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18 management continued to show int
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20 Building the Technology Base Aer
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Figure 25. Bell 25-ft. diameter pro
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Figure 28. Performance tests of 5-f
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Figure 31. Bell 25-ft. diameter pro
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28 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft Pro
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30 During the late 1960s and early
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32 range of loading conditions and
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34 The initial projected cost of $4
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Figure 35. Illustration of the Boei
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Figure 36. 1/5 scale XV-15 model in
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40 under the contract. To accomplis
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42 Aircraft Development The primary
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44 Test stand angle box Test stand
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Figure 40. Proprotor response to co
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Figure 41. Simultaneous static test
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50 helicopters. For the conversion
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52 Prior to the start of flight ope
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Figure 44. Initial Bell tiedown sho
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56 degrees 25 and a brief assessmen
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Figure 45. XV-15 in the Ames Resear
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60 NAVAIR managers as a means of de
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Figure 46. Government and Bell pers
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Figure 49. Tiedown test facility at
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66 Wheel height Top: Figure 51. Met
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68 Symmetric beam mode Antisymmetri
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Figure 55. XV-15 during short takeo
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Top: Figure 56. Flow visualization
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74 during “degraded” flight con
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Figure 59. Hover acoustics tests du
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178 Martin, Stanley, Jr.; Erb, Lee
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180 Rutledge, Charles K.; George, A
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182 Tischler, M. B.; Leung, J. G. M
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184 Whitaker, H. L.; Cheng, Yi. “
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186 Daniel C. Dugan Daniel Dugan gr
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188 Carnet, 88 Carpenter, Ron, 91 C
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190 Moffett Airfield, Moffett Field
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Monographs in Aerospace History Lau
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