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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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As an IPT lead in the Advanced Tactical Aircraft Protection Systems Program Office, I help provide the fleet a quality radar warning receiver system that is designed to offer maximum survivability on fixed wing, rotary wing, tilt rotor, and transport aircraft. With the RAF Harrier as the perennial show stopper for the second half of the 20th Century, the new millennium star is likely to be the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt rotor museum machine, which after an eventful birth is now scheduled for delivery to the US armed forces. The CV-22's tilt rotor allows it land and take off vertically like a helicopter and it will be able to fly with the speed and range of a turboprop airplane. |
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