Ducted fan V/STOL prototype - horizontal axis fans with thrust vectoring

[piolenc]

For over a month I've been racking my brain and ransacking my files trying to find a particular aircraft. It was based, if I recall, on a helicopter fuselage with a pair of large-diameter ducted fans on each side. These were equipped with an airfoil cascade for thrust vectoring; the fans remained at a fixed incidence to the fuselage in both vertical and horizontal flight. I cannot even remember the manufacturer of the thing - I thought it was Piasecki but can't find the slightest trace of it on their site.

Well, don't I feel stupid - the moment I posted the above I found the machine I was looking for, built by Piasecki as I had thought I remembered. The problem now is that I don't know how to delete this post...

 

[hagaricus]

Well, don't I feel stupid - the moment I posted the above I found the machine I was looking for, built by Piasecki as I had thought I remembered. The problem now is that I don't know how to delete this post...

Link? what was it? I sortof guessed at the Garret STAMP from your description...

assuming this will disappear shortly...

 

[hesham]

Hi Piolenc,


do you mean this ?;


http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,4393.msg164628.html#msg164628

 

[Justo Miranda]

Nord 500 ?

 

[hagaricus]

Well, although it clearly wasn't the STAMP as that was jet-driven, the OP states:

"the fans remained at a fixed incidence to the fuselage in both vertical and horizontal flight."

so I'm still curious..

 

[Jemiba]

Other contenders could be the Lippisch/Collins, later Dornier Aerodyne, or
the Aeroblic, have a look here http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,17038.msg164328.html#msg164328
and here http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,374.msg122185.html#msg122185