Its easily distinguishable profile is characterized by rotors affixed to the front and rear sections of the fuselage. The Chinook helicopter is able to fly on one engine, albeit with degraded ...

In spite of this, however, helicopters also have limitations — most notably, the maximum speed they can achieve. This is a result of several factors, including the physics of the rotors ...

The Helicopter Department of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) DLR-Institute of Flight Systems in Braunschweig is home to the Rotor Test Stand, also known as ...

Sikorsky demonstrates a rotor blown wing tail sitter drone can transition between helicopter and fixed wing flight modes. [Courtesy: Sikorsky] Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky has successfully flown ...

In the first area of work, some developments, such as the new layouts of blades and rotors will be installed on existing Mi helicopters. In the second area, specialists are developing a helicopter ...