The Mini QBIT is just a 3″ mini quadcopter with a pair of wings mounted below the motors, turning it into a “tailsitter” VTOL aircraft. The wings and nosecone attach to the 3D printed frame ...

The proposed Sirius Jet marks a major aviation world first. A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft pitched at the business community, the Sirius Business Jet features a pioneering ...

AeroVironment has launched a new variant of its Jump 20 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft ... using the US Navy’s standard JP-8 jet fuel. The older Jump 20 is powered ...

It was also the first VTOL aircraft to use a jet thrust diverter system for vertical lift. Although the conventional helicopter layout had been fully realized by the 1940s, the next evolution in ...