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tilt rotor
tilt rotor[′tilt ‚rōd·ər] (aerospace engineering) An assembly of rapidly rotating blades on a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, whose plane of rotation can be continuously varied from the horizontal to the vertical, permitting performance as helicopter blades or as propeller blades. tilt rotorVTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft lifted in the hovering mode by one or more rotors rotated through approximately 90° for translational flight.EncyclopediaSeetrès |