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174 Kvaternik, Raymond G. “Studies in Tilt Rotor VTOL Aircraft Aeroelasticity.” Vol. 1, NASA TM-X-69497, June 1, 1973, and Vol. 2, NASA TM-X-69496, June 1, 1973. Lacy, Clay. “Tiltrotor Technology.” Professional Pilot, September 1998. Lambert, M. “Bell Tilt-Rotor—The Next V/STOL.” Flight International, vol. 117, 1980. Lambert, Mark. “Flying the XV-15 and V-22 Tilt Rotors.” Interavia, vol. 43, 1988. Lawrence, W. S.; Allison, W. A.; DuFresne, D. “Final Report, Advanced Helicopter Rotor Systems, First Navy Evaluation of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft.” NATC, Patuxent River, Maryland, NATC Technical Report No. RW-44R-80, December 1980. Lawrence, W. S.; DuFresne, D. A. “The XV-15—An Initial Navy Look.” Presented at the AIAA 19th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 12–15, 1981, St. Louis, Missouri, AIAA Paper 81-0155, January 1981. Lebacqz, J. V.; Scott, B. C. “Ground-Simulation Investigation of VTOL Airworthiness Criteria for Terminal Area Operations.” Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, Seattle, Washington, August 21–23, 1984. Lebacqz, J. V.; Scott, B. C. “Ground-Simulation Investigation of VTOL Instrument Flight Rules Airworthiness Criteria.” AIAA 84-2105, 1984. Lee, A.; Mosher, M. “An Acoustical Study of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft.” AIAA Paper 79-0612, 1979. Lee, Albert; Mosher, Marianne. “An Acoustical Study of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Aircraft.” AIAA Paper 74-0612, 1974. Lichten, R. L. “Some Aspects of Convertible Aircraft Design.” Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, October 1949. Lichten, R. L. “Some Performance and Operating Characteristics of Convertiplanes.” SAE National Aeronautical Meeting, Los Angeles, California, October 1957. Lichten, R. L.; et al. “A Survey of Low-Disc-Loading VTOL Aircraft Designs.” AIAA Paper No. 65-756, Aircraft Design and Technology Meeting, November 1965. Lichten, R. L.; Mertens, J. R. “Development of the XV-3 Convertiplane.” Presented at the Twelfth Annual National Forum of the AHS, May 1956.
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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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78 Nose weight Top: Figure 61. Typi
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80 Following the completion of cont
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82 After the proprotors stopped, th
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84 sudden stoppage of the right eng
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86 A reconversion to the helicopter
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88 Paris Air Show By early 1981, th
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90 enroute from Farnborough to Fran
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Top: Figure 66. Senator Goldwater i
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Figure 69. Shipboard evaluations of
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Figure 71. XV-15 at the New York Po
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98 Crash (October 16 and 17, 1991).
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100 The End of an Era By the mid 19
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Top: Figure 73. XV-15 at the Dallas
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104 management system was very effe
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106 could make use of the same flig
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Figure 76. The Bell tilt rotor eagl
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110 demonstrations two years earlie
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112 Future Tilt Rotor Aircraft By t
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114 tiltrotor aircraft program. Thi
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116 Model 1-G Characteristics Power
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Figure A-3. Transcendental Model 2
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Figure A-4. XV-3 three-view drawing
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Figure A-5. XV-3 inboard drawing, s
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Page 156 and 157: Figure A-11. XV-15 height-velocity
Page 158 and 159: 132 Weight Design . . . . . . . . .
Page 160 and 161: 134 WBS LEVEL: Bell Army/NASA I II
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Page 166 and 167: 140 Appendix C—Chronology 1452-15
Page 168 and 169: 142 1968 Boeing Vertol awarded cont
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Page 172 and 173: 146 24 March 1982 XV-15 demonstrate
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Page 176 and 177: 150 21 August 1990 V-22 reached 340
Page 178 and 179: 152 14 June 1993 The Department of
Page 180 and 181: 154 Appendix D—Awards and Records
Page 182 and 183: Figure D-1. Jean Tinsley, first wom
Page 184 and 185: Figure E-3. XV-15 flying by the Sta
Page 186 and 187: Figure E-7. Bell test pilots Roy Ho
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Page 190 and 191: 164 Appendix F—Bibliography Tilt
Page 192 and 193: 166 Ball, J. C. “XV-15 Shipboard
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Page 206 and 207: 180 Rutledge, Charles K.; George, A
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Page 212 and 213: 186 Daniel C. Dugan Daniel Dugan gr
Page 214 and 215: 188 Carnet, 88 Carpenter, Ron, 91 C
Page 216 and 217: 190 Moffett Airfield, Moffett Field
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