The Hiller X-18 was an experimental cargo transport aircraft designed to be the first testbed for tiltwing and V/STOL (vertical/short takeoff and landing) technology.

2024年11月17日 · What You Need to Know: The Hiller X-18, developed in the late 1950s, was an experimental U.S. Air Force tiltwing aircraft exploring V/STOL technology. Built from scavenged parts, including ...

2025年1月26日 · Discover how the Hiller X-18, or the "Frankenplane" was built from spare parts, spurring on VTOL technology and blazing the way.

2023年5月15日 · The Hiller X-18 was a cargo aircraft that had VTOL capability as far back as the 1950s. Read the story about this strange aircraft that led the VTOL charge.

2021年7月25日 · The Hiller X-18 was an experimental cargo transport aircraft designed to be the first testbed for tiltwing and V/STOL (vertical/short takeoff and landing) technology.

The X-18 was not the first aircraft to employ a fully tilting wing, but unlike the earlier and much smaller Vertol VZ-2, the X-18 was the size of contemporary air-liners such as the DC-3. The X-18 completed 20 test flights and a demanding set of ground tests. by Jon Welte Penguin Airplane With Students at Hiller Aviation Museum X-18 Horizontal ...

In February 1957, the USAF ordered ten models of the Hiller X-18, a stocky tilt-wing convertiplane powered by two 6000shp Allison turboshafts.

The X-18 was an experimental cargo transport aircraft designed to be the first testbed for tiltwing and VSTOL (vertical/short takeoff and landing) technology. Design work started in 1955 by Stanley Hiller Jr and Hiller Aircraft Corporation received a …

The Hiller X-18, begun in February 1957, used various components from existing aircraft. The fuselage was that of a Chase YC-122C transport. The two wing-mounted 7,100 eshp Allison T40-A-14 turboshafts came from the XFY-1/XFV-1 tailsitter …

2014年10月24日 · One of its key ancestors belonged to the legendary family of Air Force "X" planes, the record-setting experimental aircraft that still represent the cutting edge of American aviation. The Hiller...