Arizona University AV-95 high-speed military rotorcraft

[hesham]

Hi,

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19960022289_1996043724.pdf

 

[Avimimus]

Looks like it would be hell in a hover (imagine the shadow created by those wings).

 

[Jemiba]

Maybe it should incorporate the lessons learned in Somalia and Iraq :
Never stand still over the battle field !

 

[yasotay]

Maybe it should incorporate the lessons learned in Somalia and Iraq :
Never stand still over the battle field !

Or for those battlefields where sneaking around behind hills and tree lines are warranted, you can take the big wing off.

 

[AeroFranz]

Looks like it has pretty high discloading....hover power requirements will be off the chart

 

[yasotay]

Looks like it has pretty high discloading....hover power requirements will be off the chart

sez 20.0 psf. That's V-22 range. Lots of download on that wing even with blown flaps.