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McDonnell Model XV-1 Convertiplane in the Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel.
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McDonnell Model XV-1 Convertiplane in the Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel.

Foreword, front view of McDonnell Model XV-1 Convertiplane in the Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel. The McDonnell XV-1 was an experimental compound gyroplane developed for a joint research program between the United States Air Force and the United States Army to explore technologies to develop an aircraft that could take off and land like a helicopter but fly at faster airspeeds, similar to a conventional airplane. The XV-1 would reach a speed of 200 mph (322 km/h), faster than any previous rotorcraft, but the program was terminated due to the tip-jet noise and complexity of the technology which gave only a modest gain in performance.

Date
1954-05-17
Photographer / author
NACA
Collection
ARC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"McDonnell Model XV-1 Convertiplane in the Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel." (1954-05-17). NASA/ARC/NACA. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/A-19325

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