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isaackuo@diaspora.glasswings.com

Tilt-Copter

Just a quick sketch of a "Tilt-Copter" - a helicopter tail-sitter hybrid. Basically, it's like a helicopter with a NOTAR tail narrowed into a wing with blown flap. The body is narrowed into a lifting body.

It can hover well, like a normal helicopter, but it can also tilt sideways for efficient horizontal flight.

This sketch shows a "gunship" role, with a fixed gun pointed out the nose. In horizontal flight mode, this gun points sideways and it can circle around the target zone.

Another use could be for skycrane cargo lift, or lifting a passenger pod.

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