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tilt rotor [′tilt ‚rōd·ər] (aerospace engineering) An assembly of rapidly rotating blades on a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, whose plane of rotation can be continuously varied from the horizontal to the vertical, permitting performance as helicopter blades or as propeller blades. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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On display on the ground will be a CV-22 Osprey, a tiltrotor aircraft undergoing testing at Edwards. Transition to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 is scheduled to be complete by summer 2006. ABOARD USS NASSAU (LHA 4)--A Mv-22 Osprey, with Marine Tiltrotor Test and Evaluation Squadron 22, based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N. |
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