Convertiplane
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A convertiplane is defined by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale as an aircraft which uses rotor power for vertical takeoff and landing and converts to fixed-wing lift in normal flight. In the
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A Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor in flight during 2005
Rotorcraft
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A rotary-wing aircraft, rotorwing aircraft or rotorcraft is a heavier-than-air aircraft with rotary wings that spin around a vertical mast to generate lift. The assembly of several rotor blades mounte
Convertiplane
…a fixed wing. The gyrocopter is similar except that the rotor continues to spin and to generate a significant amount of lift, and so is classed as a rotorcraft and not a convertiplane. The powered rotors of a tiltrotor (sometimes called proprotor) are mounted on rotating shafts or nacelles at the end of a fixed…
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