List of VTOL aircraft
This is a list of fixed-wing aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing arranged under manufacturer. The list excludes helicopters because they are assumed to have this capability.
A
- AeroVironment SkyTote
- Aeryon Scout
- Aeryon SkyRanger
- AirBuoyant VertiPod[1]
- AgustaWestland AW609 (tiltrotor)
- Avro Avrocar (ducted fan)
B
- BAE Harrier II (vectored thrust)
- BAE Sea Harrier (vectored thrust)
- Bell 65 ATV (Tiltjet)
- Bell/Agusta BA609 (tiltrotor), presently known as AgustaWestland AW609
- Bell Boeing Quad TiltRotor (proposal)
- Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey (tiltrotor)
- Bell Eagle Eye (tiltrotor UAV)
- Bell X-14 (vectored thrust)
- Bell X-22 (ducted fan)
- Bell XV-3 (first tiltrotor)
- Bell XV-15 (tiltrotor)
- Bensen B-10 (ducted fan)
- Boeing/McDonnell Douglas AV-8 Harrier (vectored thrust)
- Boeing-Vertol VZ-2 (tiltwing)
- Boeing X-32 (STOVL variant)
- Boeing X-50 (UAV - failed to achieve forward flight)
C
- Canadair CL-84 Dynavert (tiltwing)
- Carter PAV
- CarterCopter (compound autogyro)
- Colugo Systems-ARcopter
- Convair XFY-1 Pogo (tailsitter)
- Curtiss-Wright VZ-7 (flying jeep)
- Curtiss-Wright X-19 (tiltrotor)
D
- Dassault Balzac V - interim Mirage III VTOL testbed
- Dassault Mirage IIIV - separate lift and thrust engines
- de Lackner HZ-1 Aerocycle
- Doak 16/VZ-4DA - wingtip mounted ducted fans
- Dornier Do 29 (tilt rotor)
- Dornier Do 31 (thrust vectoring and lift jets)
- duPont DP-1C - one tethered flight 2007, now at Classic Rotorcraft Museum in Ramona, California USA[citation needed]
E
- EWR VJ 101 (tiltjets and lift jets)
F
- Fairey Gyrodyne
- Fairey Jet Gyrodyne (compound autogyro with powered rotor)
- Fairey Rotodyne (compound autogyro with powered rotor)
- Focke-Wulf Triebfluegeljaeger (tailsitter, not built)
G
- Garrett STAMP (vectored thrust)
- Grumman Nutcracker[2]
H
- Hawker P.1127 (vectored thrust)
- Hawker Siddeley Harrier (vectored thrust)
- Hawker Siddeley Kestrel (vectored thrust)
- Hawker Siddeley P.1154 (cancelled supersonic vectored thrust)
- Heinkel Lerche (coleopter; not built)
- Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee (ducted fan)
- Hiller X-18 (tiltwing)
J
- Junkers EF 009 (Not built)
L
- Latitude Engineering Hybrid Quadcopter[3]
- Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (completed first vertical takeoff in early 2013) fan and vectored thrust (B Model only)
- Lockheed XFV-1 "Salmon" (tailsitter)
- Lockheed XV-4 Hummingbird
- LTV XC-142 (tiltwing)
- Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV)
M
N
- NASA Puffin (tailsitter proposal)[4]
P
R
- Rockwell XFV-12 (failed wing lift augumentation)
- Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig - vertical engine testbed
- Rotary Rocket Roton
- Ryan X-13 Vertijet (tailsitter)
- Ryan XV-5 Vertifan
S
- Short SC.1 (liftjet and vectored thrust)
- Sikorsky Cypher
- Sikorsky Cypher II
- Sikorsky X-Wing
- Sky-Watch Huginn X1 (quad rotor UAV)
- SNCASO Farfadet
- SNECMA Coléoptère (tailsitter)
- SoloTrek XFV
- Springtail Exoskeleton Flying Vehicle[citation needed]
T
V
- VFW-Fokker H3 (compound helicopter)
- VFW VAK 191B (vectored thrust plus vertical lift)
W
X
Y
- Yakovlev Yak-141 (liftjet and vectored thrust)
- Yakovlev Yak-36 (vectored thrust)
- Yakovlev Yak-38 (liftjet and vectored thrust)
Z
See also
References
- ^ "VertiPod Flying Platform". AirBuoyant. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Popular Science". Retrieved 2013-09-25.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Latitude Engineering Hybrid Quadcopter
- ^ Choi, Charles Q. (2010-01-19). "Electric Icarus: NASA Designs a One-Man Stealth Plane". Scientific American. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
- ^ a b c d
Jackson, ed. (2003). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2003-2004. Coulsdon, Surrey, United Kingdom: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-2537-5.
{{cite book}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ Ackerman, Spencer (2013-02-25). "Darpa Wants to Rethink the Helicopter to Make It Go Way Faster". Wired. Retrieved 2013-02-26.