Conceptual Design of XTI Aircraft TriFan 600

摘要

XTI Aircraft Company (XTI) has developed unique VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft concept using three lifting ducted fans for vertical flight, two of which rotate and provide propulsion during forward flight. The configuration provides reasonably low disk loading, excellent pitch, roll, and yaw control authority in hover and transitional flight, conventional aircraft configuration during forward flight, and a forward fuselage compartment appropriate for pilots, passengers, and cargo. This configuration directly extends rotating ducted fan technologies demonstrated in the Doak VZ-4 and Bell X-22 aircraft along with 50 years of improvements in fly-by-wire flight controls, turboshaft engines, composite materials, and systems developments.