High-Speed VTOL Goes For A Spin -- Aviation Week
Boeing has concluded that a disc-rotor vertical take-off and landing aircraft is "feasible, but not easy". The company is studying a high-speed combat search-and-rescue concept under DARPA's DiscRotor program, and will test a model of the telescoping-blade rotor in the windtunnel next year.
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