Pitch-decoupled VTOL/FW aircraft: First flights

A novel Pitch-Decoupled Tilt Rotor aircraft is introduced that dramatically deviates from all tilt rotor systems developed to date. This new design does not require a complex transition algorithm and is continuously stable and operable in all its rotor pitch configurations.

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