Boeing Vertol BV-160 tilt-rotor aircraft

[hesham]

Hi,

I found this unclear drawing for the Boeing-Vertol BV.160 tilt-rotor project,
but as least we know what was the BV.160.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19750022074_1975022074.pdf

 

[hesham]

And may be it was this aircraft.

 

[hesham]

Finally,

the Boeing Vertol Model-160.

http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=AD904089&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf

 

[Grey Havoc]

And may be it was this aircraft.

Did this bird ever get a formal designation, or even a tentative one?

 

[Stargazer]

I don't think hesham's picture displays the BV-160 at all, personally.

 

[Grey Havoc]

I don't think hesham's picture displays the BV-160 at all, personally.

That's what I thought.

 

[Tailspin Turtle]

My guess is that there are three different Boeing Vertol tilt rotor designs above. The first small crude picture resembles the 222, which was Boeing's proposal for the NASA-Army Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft program that resulted in the Bell Helicopter XV-15. It combined a Boeing tilt rotor wing/propulsion system with a Mitsubishi MU-2 fuselage. The combat rescue artists concept is similar to the 222 but probably a bit larger with a new fuselage. The wind tunnel picture appears to be a much larger transport-class aircraft with a T tail and is presumably the BV 160 since the caption identifies it as such.

 

[Stargazer]

My guess is that there are three different Boeing Vertol tilt rotor designs above. The first small crude picture resembles the 222, which was Boeing's proposal for the NASA-Army Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft program that resulted in the Bell Helicopter XV-15. It combined a Boeing tilt rotor wing/propulsion system with a Mitsubishi MU-2 fuselage. The combat rescue artists concept is similar to the 222 but probably a bit larger with a new fuselage. The wind tunnel picture appears to be a much larger transport-class aircraft with a T tail and is presumably the BV 160 since the caption identifies it as such.

I would tend to think like you, except the first pic is ALSO labeled "Model 160"... Mind you, there could be a whole array of very different-looking designs under the same generic project number, Boeing are very good at that...

 

[Grey Havoc]

Mind you, there could be a whole array of very different-looking designs under the same generic project number, Boeing are very good at that...

You can say that again!

 

[Stargazer]

Finally, a clear picture of what the Vertol 160 (Boeing BV-160) design looked like. Basically, a tilt-rotor with a Chinook-like fuselage.

Source: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19720018375_1972018375.pdf

 

[hesham]

Hi,


and from AIAA;


http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/3.60239

 

[yasotay]

So BV 160 looks like what happens if you take a CH-47 fuselage and put a tilt rotor on it.

 

[hesham]

So BV 160 looks like what happens if you take a CH-47 fuselage and put a tilt rotor on it.

I think so,my dear Yasotay.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

http://archive.aviationweek.com/image/spread/19680624/77/2

 

[hesham]

Hi,

https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/735633.pdf