Future Trends in Short-Haul Air Transportation

07/10/2000


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Table of Contents

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Presentation Outline

What is Short-Haul Air Transportation ?

Pioneer VTOL Aircraft

Short-Haul Market Needs

Unacceptable Delays

V/STOL Aircraft Concepts

T I L T R OT OR S

Features of T iltrotors

V-22 Osprey Program

Transition from Helicopter to Aircraft

Tiltrotor Control Mechanism

V-22 versus Helicopters

European Tiltrotor studies

Boeing/NASA/FAA/USDoD study

Challenges for Advanced Rotorcraft

Safety and Passenger Acceptance

Typical aircraft vibration levels

Environmental factors and Cost

Operating costs of Tiltrotors

All weather operation

Specific Markets Served by Tiltrotors

Market Forecast for Tiltrotors

Vertiports

Urban Vertiports

Edge of City Vertiport

Air Traffic Management of Tiltrotors

Inhibitors to Civil Tiltrotor Service

Bell-Agusta BA609 Civil Tiltrotor

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Author: Dr Rajkumar Pant,
             IIT Bombay