Questions tagged [tiltwing]
Use for tiltwing; not to be confused with [tiltrotor]
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How would tiltwing aircraft pressurize their cabins?
For fix-wing aircraft, the pressurized air can travel from the engine through the wing and into the cabin. However, a tilt-wing aircraft, such as the CL-84 Dynavert (shown below), will have its wings &...
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How come the hover efficiency for tiltrotors is better than tiltwings?
How do you compare the hover efficiency of tilt-rotor and tilt-wing aircraft? The Wikipedia page Tiltrotor mentions:
Tiltrotors generally have better hover efficiency than tiltwings (...)
But I was ...
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