This method requires the rotor to be powered, otherwise it wouldn't spin fast enough to create enough force to maintain altitude, and is fundamentally why helicopters need tail rotors. As a ...

Vertical Aerospace ( NYSE: EVTL) announced on Thursday that it completed the world's first airport-to-airport piloted flight ...

Blainjett Aviation recently confirmed lift and drag projections for its novel hemi-rotor subscale prototype, affirming potential for faster, more efficient VTOL performance.Blainjett conceived its ...

Vertical Aerospace shares rose after the company said it completed the first airport-to-airport piloted flight by a full-scale, winged tilt-rotor eVTOL designed for commercial service. Shares were up ...

We want vertical lift! The Bell XV-3 Tilt-rotor was the first to satisfy all aeronautical tastes. ... and upper vertical tail panel were unbolted and packed alongside the fuselage in a flatbed truck.

Airbus Helicopters has traditionally opted for standard tail rotor designs on the majority of its rotorcraft, with the only excpetion its Fenestron ducted fan design that is used on certain models ...

Vertical Aerospace (Vertical) (NYSE: EVTL) (“Vertical” or the “Company”), a global aerospace and technology company that is ...

The back of the tail-boom section of the wreckage was found "largely intact" 390 feet from the main wreckage, according to the report, but a third piece, comprising a small part of the tail boom ...

Unfortunately, a vertical tail adds weight and generates drag, which reduces fuel efficiency in passenger airliners. It also increases the radar signature, which is something you want to keep as ...

The tail rotor blades can pitch up and down to control the direction of the fuselage, similar to how the main rotor blades also alter their geometry to move the helicopter.