| The Vertiplane VP 531 VTOL Quad Tilt Rotor / Tilt Propeller Aircraft |
Vertiplane ... “The way flying is meant to be”
If you have found this website, you’re probably like many of us, an aviation enthusiast. You love to fly and get to your destination in
a fraction of the time it takes by car, while enjoying the freedom and the awesome view that you can only get from flying. And of
course, the holy grail of flying would be to take off and land just about anywhere. The ultimate flying machine would have to be
VTOL. Even Thomas Edison said the airplane wouldn’t amount to a thing, until it can take off and land like a hummingbird. Well,
Edison wasn’t quite right, but many have tried to build such an aircraft.
While all VTOL designs have there virtues and drawbacks, the goal at Vertiplane is to design an aircraft that has nearly the lift
capacity and hover efficiency of a helicopter, and the range and speed of a turboprop aircraft. It would have to be as simple and
safe as possible. Finally, it would have to look good. Not some “new fangled whirly-gig” that someone would be scared to get
into.
The Vertiplane VP 531 Quad Tilt Rotor (or more accurately Quad Tilt Propeller) shares a resemblance to the Curtiss-Wright X-19
that flew back in the early 1960's( CW X-19 vtol quad tiltrotor video ). While there was nothing wrong with the concept, the CW X-19
had its share of design deficiencies. These resulted in a crash that ended the development program and the aircraft never went
into production. We have learned much from researching this aircraft, and even though the CW X-19 never made a full transition
to cruise flight (we know of no quad tilt-rotor / tilt-propeller that has), we believe is possible. And apparently so does Bell-Boeing
since they have been awarded a contract to investigate building a heavy lift Quad Tilt Rotor for the Army (based on Bell's success
building the 609 tiltrotor and Boeing the V-22 Osprey.)
While every VTOL designer believes in their creation, after many years of exploring just about every conceivable VTOL
configuration, thousands of hours of research and design, we believe we have a very, very good combination of lift capacity, range
and speed. The ultimate goal is to build a full scale aircraft. However, this design can be scaled for RC and UAV aircraft, and this
is where we intend to start.
Come back to this website often. We will post information, pictures and videos frequently. The RC prototype is under testing and
development using off the shelf and custom RC (radio control) aircraft parts as well as custom built parts using CNC lathes,
CNC mills, CNC routers and 3D printing. If you have any desire to invest your skill, knowledge, ideas, blood, sweat, tears, and/or
money to make this aircraft fly sooner, click here to email us.
So don't get tired of doing what is good. Don't get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of
blessing at the appropriate time. Galatians 6:9 NLT
If you have found this website, you’re probably like many of us, an aviation enthusiast. You love to fly and get to your destination in
a fraction of the time it takes by car, while enjoying the freedom and the awesome view that you can only get from flying. And of
course, the holy grail of flying would be to take off and land just about anywhere. The ultimate flying machine would have to be
VTOL. Even Thomas Edison said the airplane wouldn’t amount to a thing, until it can take off and land like a hummingbird. Well,
Edison wasn’t quite right, but many have tried to build such an aircraft.
While all VTOL designs have there virtues and drawbacks, the goal at Vertiplane is to design an aircraft that has nearly the lift
capacity and hover efficiency of a helicopter, and the range and speed of a turboprop aircraft. It would have to be as simple and
safe as possible. Finally, it would have to look good. Not some “new fangled whirly-gig” that someone would be scared to get
into.
The Vertiplane VP 531 Quad Tilt Rotor (or more accurately Quad Tilt Propeller) shares a resemblance to the Curtiss-Wright X-19
that flew back in the early 1960's( CW X-19 vtol quad tiltrotor video ). While there was nothing wrong with the concept, the CW X-19
had its share of design deficiencies. These resulted in a crash that ended the development program and the aircraft never went
into production. We have learned much from researching this aircraft, and even though the CW X-19 never made a full transition
to cruise flight (we know of no quad tilt-rotor / tilt-propeller that has), we believe is possible. And apparently so does Bell-Boeing
since they have been awarded a contract to investigate building a heavy lift Quad Tilt Rotor for the Army (based on Bell's success
building the 609 tiltrotor and Boeing the V-22 Osprey.)
While every VTOL designer believes in their creation, after many years of exploring just about every conceivable VTOL
configuration, thousands of hours of research and design, we believe we have a very, very good combination of lift capacity, range
and speed. The ultimate goal is to build a full scale aircraft. However, this design can be scaled for RC and UAV aircraft, and this
is where we intend to start.
Come back to this website often. We will post information, pictures and videos frequently. The RC prototype is under testing and
development using off the shelf and custom RC (radio control) aircraft parts as well as custom built parts using CNC lathes,
CNC mills, CNC routers and 3D printing. If you have any desire to invest your skill, knowledge, ideas, blood, sweat, tears, and/or
money to make this aircraft fly sooner, click here to email us.
So don't get tired of doing what is good. Don't get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of
blessing at the appropriate time. Galatians 6:9 NLT
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