#VTOL

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Entwicklungsring Süd (a German consortium integrated by the companies Bölkow, Heinkel and Messerschmitt) EWR Versuchsjäger VJ 101 experimental vertical and short take-off and landing - VTOL -tiltjet fighter aircraft. 

First flown in 1963, cancelled in 1968 due to lack of interest, only 2 build. The first V/STOL aircraft with supersonic potencial. 

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Bell X-22 experimental tilting ducted fan V/STOL (vertical and/or short take-off and landing) aircraft.

Takeoff was to selectively occur either with the propellers tilted vertically upwards, or on a short runway with the nacelles tilted forward at approximately 45°.

The program started in 1966, and was eventually cancelled in 1988, with only two units produced, the second being made after the first crashed. 

General characteristics

Crew: two + six passengers
Length: 39 ft 7 in (12.07 m)
Wingspan: 39 ft 3 in (11.96 m)
Wingspan (front wing): 22.916 ft (6.98 m)
Height: 20 ft 8 in (6.31 m)
Empty weight: 10,478 lb (4,753 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 17,644 lb (8,003 kg)
Powerplant: 4 × General Electric-YT58-GE-8D turboshaft engines, 1,267 hp (945 kW) each
Propellers: three-bladed propellers mounted in wingtip swivelling ducts, 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) diameter

Performance

Maximum speed: 221 kn (254 mph; 409 km/h)
Service ceiling: 27,800 ft (8,500 m)
Hover ceiling in ground effect : 12,000 ft (3,658 m)
Hover ceiling out of ground effect : 6,000 ft (1,829 m)

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