And importantly, unlike some other tilt-rotor drones, its tilting mechanism requires no powered actuators – the thrust that's already being produced by the rotors does all the work.

Discover the Fairchild SD‑5 Osprey, a 1960s Cold War reconnaissance drone, now undergoing rare restoration at California's ...

The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a dual-rotor tandem helicopter, the Kamov Ka-27 has a coaxial design where two rotors are mounted on the same vertical axis, while tilt rotor helicopters such as the ...

Cooper Taylor built a drone with an innovative tilt mechanism that eliminates the need for extra motors. He hopes to make drones cheaper.

Bayraktar Tilt Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle performed an operational altitude flight at 8,000 feet, Bayraktar Defense reports. According to a post from BAYKAR, the drone successfully completed ...

There are a variety of possible motor configurations to choose from when building a fixed-wing VTOL drone, but few take the twin-motor tilt-rotor approach used by the V-22 Osprey. However, it remai… ...

The drone also reached a top cruise speed of 86 knots. “Our rotor blown wing has demonstrated the control power and unique handling qualities necessary to transition repeatedly and predictably ...

A new VTOL drone designed to fly at 6 tons was just completed in China, a local report says. The Lanying R6000 is meant to take up to 10 passengers, fly up to 2,400 miles, and reach 340 mph.

Have you ever noticed that military and recreational drones have four propellers, ... while tilt rotor helicopters such as the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey take a radically different approach with a ...