Holding “Helicopters of Russia” and the company “Superox” in July have agreed on mutual cooperation, which should be serial tiltrotor domestic production. In the summer, the parties did not disclose details about the project and didn’t call the timing, but now he’s announced that a working version of the convertiplane, based on the prototype VRT30 will be ready to present in 2019 — says rostec.
The main advantage of the tiltrotor according to the developers, is mobility and versatility. For takeoff and landing it does not require special pads or strips, up in the air and he can sit upright. The parties hope that in the future such aircraft will fit harmoniously into the urban environment in the form of cargo and passenger air taxi, for example.
“Today we together with our partners from the company “Superox” develop new flying laboratory of the tiltrotor in the onboard cable network which will be used technology of high-temperature superconductivity, which has a positive impact on overall weight and dimensions and flight characteristics of the prototype,” – said General Director of holding “Helicopters of Russia” Andrey Boginsky.
The basis of the new machine taken a working prototype of an unmanned tiltrotor VRT30, which is equipped with rotary mechanism of screws which allows him to quickly develop a high speed, performing various tricks and hanging in the air.
Russian tiltrotor will show in 2019
Vyacheslav Larionov