Bell XV-15

The Bell XV-15 was an American tiltrotor VTOL aircraft. It was the second successful experimental tiltrotor aircraft and the first to demonstrate the concept's high speed performance relative to conventional helicopters.

version of the Bell XV-15 prototype on 17 February 1983. This was the only proposal received and a preliminary design contract was awarded on 26 April 1983.1
of the Bell XV-15 on February 17 1983. On April 26 1983 the Bell/Boeing team received a preliminary design contract. The Bell XV-15.2
1980s, in the Bell XV-15 tiltrotor, the experimental predecessor of the V-22 and BA609: “Right after I got out of the airplane, I thought everybody ought to have one,” he says.3
saw in the 1950s, the Bell XV-15 in the late 1970s, and in the Osprey today.” And Tesla’s discussion of using a turbine engine is “astonishingly prescient,” Connor says.4
Bell XV-15 NASA has flown other VTOL craft such as the Bell XV-15 research craft (1977), as have the Soviet Navy and Luftwaffe.5
View the full size photo! Bell Helicopter N703NA Bell XV-15 Other Location - NASM Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center Aircraft: Bell Helicopter Bell XV-15 Location: 6

Made by Bell Helicopter.

The Bell XV-15 (1977) was a tilt-rotor type with twin tilting engines at the tips of a fixed wing.7
The Akatombo 1:72 Bell XV-15 was released on 04-Jan-04. It appears to have about 40 resin parts with engraved panel lines, and a vacform canopy.8
of the Bell XV-15 tiltrotor aircraft program, the Osprey was developed in the 1980s and made its first flight in 1989, after which funding for the program was cancelled.9
The Bell XV-15 came with a revolutionary idea at that time: why not make the entire engine tilt, with propeller and drive shaft and anything in between? The 10
proposal for a enlarged version of the Bell XV-15 prototype on 17 February 1983. This was the only proposal received and a preliminary design contract was awarded on 26 April 1983.11
The Bell XV-15 was an American tiltrotor VTOL aircraft.12
Jet Or Prop
prop
Align
right
Height Alt
3.86 m
Stall Speed Main
100
Length Alt
769.8
Max Takeoff Weight Main
13000.0
Power Alt
1156.0
Lists
* List of VTOL aircraft
Range Main
445.0
More Performance
* Hovering altitude: 8
800 ft out of ground effect
Max Speed Alt
20700.0
Type Of Prop
turboshaft engine
More General
1802.0
Loading Main
13
Airfoil
NACA 64A015
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
6000.0
Ceiling Main
29500.0
Number Built
2
Crew
Two
Retired
2003
Height Main
386.08
Primary user
NASA
Span Alt
7.62 m
Plane Or Copter?
copter
Engine(prop)
Avco Lycoming LTC1K-4K
Manufacturer
Bell Helicopter
First Flight
3
Origin
United States
National Origin
United States
Span Main
25.0
Power Main
1550.0
Image
Cutaway drawing of XV-15
Number Of Props
2
Max Speed Main
300
Empty Weight Alt
4574.0
Length Main
1282.7
Range Alt
30900.0
Similar Aircraft
* Canadair CL-84* Sikorsky S-69 * Sikorsky S-72
Related
* Bell XV-3* V-22 Osprey* Bell-Agusta BA609
Empty Weight Main
10083.0
Ceiling Alt
8
840 m
Category
Bell aircraft
NASA aircraft
Tiltrotor aircraft
United States experimental aircraft 1970-1979

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