Ryan Liftfan VTOL designs & the XV-5

[hesham]

OK my dear Jemiba.

 

[hesham]

Those are a generic VTOL aircraft,and maybe related to Ryan;

http://archive.aviationweek.com/image/spread/19610925/91/2

 

[RAP]

Article on XV-5A. Drawings previously posted in earlier section of this thread but this is the complete article if there is any interest.

 

[hesham]

From Ailes 1961.

 

[hesham]

From aviation magazine 1967.

 

[hesham]

Unknown USA VTOL Surveillance & Recce Aircraft Project of 1960s

here is unknown VTOL surveillance and recce low-wing aircraft project of 1961,intended for
army and had a lift fans in fuselage,can anyone ID it ?,page 33;

Flying Magazine

books.google.com.eg

Also I think the Douglas D-793 was involved in this competition ?.

 

[hesham]

Unknown USA VTOL Surveillance & Recce Aircraft Project of 1960s

here is unknown VTOL surveillance and recce low-wing aircraft project of 1961,intended for
army and had a lift fans in fuselage,can anyone ID it ?,page 33;

Flying Magazine

books.google.com.eg

Also I think the Douglas D-793 was involved in this competition ?.

Now,we can say about this contest,maybe the tenders were;

- North American CL-4035 (T2J-1 VTOL)
- Ryan/GE Model-? ,sure was in
- Douglas D-793
- Grumman G-260 ,sure was in,it had a fan lift in center inboard section of the wing

 

[hesham]

Unknown USA VTOL Surveillance & Recce Aircraft Project of 1960s

here is unknown VTOL surveillance and recce low-wing aircraft project of 1961,intended for
army and had a lift fans in fuselage,can anyone ID it ?,page 33;

Flying Magazine

books.google.com.eg

Also I think the Douglas D-793 was involved in this competition ?.

Now,we can say about this contest,maybe the tenders were;

- North American CL-4035 (T2J-1 VTOL)
- Ryan/GE Model-? ,sure was in
- Douglas D-793
- Grumman G-260 ,sure was in,it had a fan lift in center inboard section of the wing

Maybe Bell D-2021 was involved.

 

[hesham]

Browsing through an old index of blueprints (probably from SDASM) I've just come across the mention of a VTO-Executive variant of the Vertifan, also under the Model 143 designation. The closest thing I've found to this description in my files is this Vertifan project, but I can't say for sure if it's just that, or another project of the same era.

From AW 1960,

I think this aircraft was intended for that competition;
Unknown USA VTOL Surveillance & Recce Aircraft Project of 1960s

 

[edwest]

In the Flying magazine article it mentions "rotating engines," a term I have not seen before. Can anyone shed some light on this?

 

[Jerry_B]

Not sure of the provenance of this - found on tumblr:

 

[Wyvern]

I was looking through some articles on "The Drive", and I found this:

Ryan Had Big Plans for Its Vertifan Jump Jet

Company artwork shows proposals for vertical take-off and landing fighter jets, interceptors, sub hunters, and more.

www.thedrive.com

Hopefully it hasn't been posted here already, if it has, I ask the moderators to delete this post.

Regards,

Wyvern

 

[hesham]

From Vertiflite,

the first time to know that,North American co-operated with Ryan to
develop V/STOL Transport and Interceptor designs,based on this
concept ?.

 

[hesham]

From University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign project hummingbird 1961,

 

[hesham]

From NASA, Vertical and Short Takeoff and Landing V/STOL Aircraft 1964,

the No.23 was a Navy VAX concept,and No.26 is
the XV-5 Development

 

[hesham]

From NASA report about V/STOL aircraft.