XV-15 litho - NASA's History Office
XV-15 litho - NASA's History Office
XV-15 litho - NASA's History Office
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Figure 2.<br />
Illustration of vertical and<br />
short takeoff and landing<br />
(V/STOL) aircraft developed<br />
by the McDonnell Aircraft<br />
Company in the mid-1960s.<br />
2<br />
13<br />
12<br />
11<br />
10<br />
14<br />
9<br />
8<br />
<strong>15</strong><br />
HUGHES STOPPED<br />
ROTOR<br />
McDONNELL<br />
MODEL 177<br />
EWR/REPUBLIC<br />
US/FRG<br />
DORNIER<br />
De 31<br />
GERMAN<br />
VJ-101 C<br />
McDONNELL<br />
BRITISH<br />
P-148<br />
<strong>XV</strong>-1<br />
FAIREY<br />
ROTODYNE-Y<br />
VFW VAK-191B<br />
7<br />
16<br />
6<br />
17<br />
FRENCH<br />
VTOL MIRAGE III-V<br />
5<br />
19<br />
18<br />
LOCKHEED<br />
<strong>XV</strong>-4A<br />
SHORT<br />
4<br />
"TRANSONIC"<br />
SC.1<br />
MILLER<br />
LOCKHEED<br />
VTOL-F-104<br />
3<br />
SHORT<br />
Revised: September 1967<br />
20<br />
SIKORSKY<br />
S-57(<strong>XV</strong>-2)<br />
LIFT<br />
PD 49<br />
BRITISH<br />
FLYING PROTOTYPE<br />
TRANSPORT<br />
N.A.A.<br />
VTOL-P.D. 16<br />
LOCKHEED<br />
UNDER CONSTRUCTION WIND<br />
TUNNEL TESTS OR MOCK UP<br />
2<br />
21<br />
DESIGN CONCEPT STUDY<br />
G.E.-RYAN<br />
<strong>XV</strong>-5A<br />
HOVER<br />
1<br />
<strong>XV</strong>-4B<br />
TIP<br />
22<br />
FOR<br />
JET<br />
TRANSPORT<br />
ENGINES TIP JETS STATIC<br />
FIAT<br />
G 95-4<br />
A<br />
LIFT+LIFT/CRUISE<br />
McDONNELL<br />
COMBINED POWER<br />
23<br />
TRANSPORT<br />
POWER PLANT<br />
FLYING<br />
FLYING SAUCERS<br />
(AVRO-CANADA)<br />
B<br />
BOEING<br />
FAN<br />
TIP TURBINE<br />
24<br />
FIGHTER<br />
PNEUMATIC<br />
PLANT FOR<br />
DRIVE<br />
HOVER<br />
PLATFORMS<br />
FLYING JEEPS<br />
McDONNELL<br />
OMNIPLANE<br />
VANGUARD-2C<br />
HOOP<br />
V/STOL<br />
AIRCRAFT<br />
SUMMARY<br />
McDONNELL<br />
AIRCRAFT<br />
SURVEY<br />
ONE-MAN-LIFTS<br />
(RUSSIAN)<br />
LOCKHEED<br />
AUGMENTED POWER<br />
C<br />
MECH<br />
FAN<br />
25<br />
GROUND EFFECT<br />
MACHINES<br />
26<br />
PLANT FOR HOVER<br />
SEPARATE TYPES<br />
D<br />
SPECIAL<br />
AND<br />
E<br />
TAIL-SITTERS<br />
27 28<br />
29<br />
30<br />
31<br />
32<br />
33<br />
34<br />
AAFSS<br />
ROTOR<br />
LOCKHEED<br />
SHAFT DRIVE<br />
DYNAMIC<br />
HELICOPTERS<br />
F<br />
STOL AIRCRAFT<br />
FOR HOVER & FORWARD FLIGHT<br />
McDONNELL 188<br />
BREGUET 941)<br />
PIASECKI<br />
STOWED ROTOR<br />
MASS<br />
FLOW<br />
FIAT<br />
G<br />
G 95-4<br />
COMPOUND<br />
X-14<br />
SIKORSKY<br />
STOWED ROTOR<br />
BELL<br />
HAWKER P-1127<br />
<strong>XV</strong>-6A<br />
BELL <strong>XV</strong>-3<br />
FIXED POWER PLANT<br />
FLOW GENERATION<br />
SAME PROPULSION SYSTEM<br />
DEFLECTOR<br />
EXH.<br />
H<br />
PROP<br />
ROTOR<br />
TILTABLE MASS<br />
MASS FLOW<br />
EXHAUST<br />
ONLY<br />
GENERATOR<br />
AND DEFLECTOR<br />
DUCTED<br />
AND<br />
SLIP<br />
BLEED<br />
CURTISS WRIGHT<br />
lift. If the thrust for vertical takeoff is produced over a small area, such as the<br />
exhaust nozzle area of a “direct-lift” jet engine, the lifting device is referred to as<br />
a “high disc loading” type (where disc loading is defined as the thrust divided by<br />
the area over which it is produced). On the other end of the spectrum, if a large<br />
area is used to generate the vertical lift, as in the case of a helicopter with its<br />
large diameter rotors, the system is called a “low disc loading” device. This singular<br />
parameter (disc loading) is a direct indicator of the achievable level of efficiency<br />
in the production of the required hover thrust, as shown in figure 3. Low<br />
FREE<br />
X-19<br />
PROPELLER<br />
STREAM<br />
MIKOYAN V/STOL<br />
X-100<br />
CURTISS WRIGHT<br />
PLANT<br />
FAN PROP<br />
CURTISS WRIGHT<br />
TILT POWER<br />
SLIPSTREAM<br />
300<br />
VZ-2<br />
BOEING VERTOL-76<br />
COLLINS<br />
AERODYNE<br />
CHANCE-VOUGHT<br />
ADAM<br />
FAN<br />
PROPELLER<br />
BOEING VERTOL<br />
NORD-CADET<br />
500<br />
BELL<br />
X-22A<br />
DOUGLAS-DOAK<br />
X-16<br />
VOUGHT-RYAN<br />
HILLER XC-142<br />
HILLER<br />
X-18<br />
FAIRCHILD 224<br />
VZ-5FZ<br />
LOCKHEED<br />
CL-379<br />
ROBERTSON<br />
VTOL<br />
RYAN-02<br />
VZ3-RY<br />
35<br />
36<br />
CANADAIR CL-84<br />
VFW VC-400<br />
48<br />
49<br />
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52<br />
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46<br />
37<br />
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