Tilt-rotor efficiency
Nick
I reviewed your website above with interest. I am currently considering the tilt-prop configuration for sport personal use.
Comments on your website:
1)The fuel used per pound of payload needs to be addressed in your comparison. If you did that, it was confusing to me.
2) The chart that shows the disc size clearly gives the advantage of a helicopter in hover but I dont think the tiltrotor was intended to be efficient in hover. Does the V-22 carry each pound of payload in cruise more efficiently than a helo? If not, then the V-22 must have been poorly designed (overweight).
The basic idea of a proprotor that converts to a prop seems to be the way of the future. We simply need a more efficient and lighter configuration. Like a single tilt-rotor and tailrotor configuration is what I think might work.
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