tilt-rotor

noun

Definition of tilt-rotornext
1
as in gyroplane

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2
as in biplane

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Recent Examples of tilt-rotor In addition, Sikorsky says its RBW design also helps tail-sitter or tilt-rotor aircraft and similar vehicles have smoother transitions from hovering to slow horizontal flight to cruising speeds. — David Szondy, New Atlas, 10 Mar. 2025 By 2020, the design brief had morphed through a 12-rotor three-person contender called the Seraph to a tilt-rotor people carrier concept dubbed the VA-1X – which the company's Chief Engineer detailed in an interview shortly after the reveal. — Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 19 July 2024 Abe has reaffirmed Noda’s plan to buy 42 F-35 fighters and has announced his intention to purchase 17 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and 52 amphibious assault vehicles. — Michael Auslin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tilt-rotor
  1. gyroplane
  2. biplane
  3. trimotor
  4. rotorcraft
  5. seaplane
  6. autogiro
  7. triplane
  8. amphibian
Noun
  • Two members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) died in a gyroplane crash near Sirkan, a city in the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchistan, on Monday according to the Fars News Agency.
    — Michael D. Carroll AND Maya Mehrara, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • An 83-year-old woman was killed in a gyroplane plane crash Saturday in Napoleon Township, police said.
    — Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 4 Aug. 2024
Definition of gyroplane
Noun
  • As a biplane climbs to 8,500 feet, on a gloomy afternoon in April 1933, Swan’s daredevil plan is to leap from the metal hopper beneath the lower wing, drop through the clouds, and, at the precise moment the rocket in his backpack ignites, explode up into space.
    — Howard Blum, airmail.news, 15 Feb. 2025
  • The locations for the shoot include Patagonia, the streets of Tokyo, and an ancient Middle Eastern city, with stunts including a spectacular biplane maneuver that shows off the daredevil side of Cruise, who famously does his own stunts.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Definition of biplane
Noun
  • The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.
    — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.
    — Jamie Turner, cleveland.com, 16 July 2019
Definition of trimotor
Noun
  • Footage of the test depicts submunitions tearing into the rotorcraft and vehicles.
    — David Axe, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Monday’s raid amounted to a month’s worth of rotorcraft destruction.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Definition of rotorcraft
Noun
  • Even today, in places like the Pacific Northwest, there are regular seaplane services not only to isolated islands, but between the centers of cities like Seattle and Victoria, British Columbia.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Booking a seaplane tour is one of the most extraordinary and unforgettable ways to experience the area.
    — Emily LaPointe, Outside Online, 30 Jan. 2025
Definition of seaplane
Noun
  • The first that went into mass production was the autogiro, developed in 1923 by Juan de la Cierva in Spain.
    — Edward C. Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2024
  • In 1938, Congress approved legislation intended to rescue the autogiro industry.
    — Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2023
Definition of autogiro
Noun
  • Towards the nose, there's a front triplane wing, and a large S-duct with adaptive flaps built into the carbon fiber front hood to help things along.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Exhibits include fi rearms, artillery pieces, uniforms, armored vehicles, and even a Fokker triplane.
    — Smithsonian, Smithsonian, 26 May 2017
Definition of triplane
Noun
  • The species belonged to a group of amphibians known as metoposaurid temnospondyls, which were the ancestors of today’s salamanders, frogs and toads.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The ditch itself measured about 46 feet long and was situated near a roundhouse, suggesting that humans may have played some role in the accumulation of these amphibians.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of amphibian

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