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Venom800TT — Yet another VTOL attacker...
Published: 2011-06-17 10:50:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 5609; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 198
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I got bored so I decided to do another VTOL attack bird. This one is a bit different from my OAV-30 and AV-28 designs since it uses foldable prop-rotors like that of my old AV-25 Pitbull. Unlike my tilt-fan attackers, this can fly to much higher altitudes (30,000+ ft) and is faster, at Mach .90 cruise. Jet-borne flight is powered by twin geared turbofans of my own design, based off of the powerplants from my Mule series of aircraft. They are also two stage fan, counter rotating designs, but are smaller and make only around 10,000 lbs of thrust each. Prop-rotor flight is powered by as of yet undecided turboshaft engines, which also power a generator system for various... things...Moar info after more progress is made...
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Are the rotorblades suposed to fold back during straight flight or something?
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Indeed. Once the rotor blades are feathered to reduce drag, a clutch in each wingtip pod disengages the rotor. Once it is disengaged, it is then stopped in a specific position by a rotor brake. Once all that is done the blades are folded and locked down, and the aircraft continues as a conventional jet. Unlike a pure tilt-rotor, this can actually land as a jet, so even if the the rotor system fails for some odd reason, it can still return home.
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