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单词 convertiplane
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convertiplane


con·vert·i·plane

also con·vert·a·plane C0615900 (kən-vûr′tə-plān′)n. An airplane having the ability to take off and land vertically, as by the use of large propellers that tilt upward to provide thrust.

convertiplane

(kənˈvɜːtəˌpleɪn) ,

convertaplane

or

convertoplane

n (Aeronautics) an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards

con•vert•i•plane

(kənˈvɜr təˌpleɪn)

n. an aircraft capable of vertical flight like a helicopter and forward flight like a conventional airplane. [1945–50]
Translations
convertiplano

convertiplane


convertiplane:

see vertical takeoff and landing aircraftvertical takeoff and landing aircraft
(VTOL), craft capable of rising and descending vertically from and to the ground, thus requiring no runway. While a balloon or an airship has obvious VTOL capability, both are very inefficient at moving parallel to the earth's surface.
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convertiplane

[kən′vərd·ə‚plān] (aerospace engineering) A hybrid form of heavier-than-air craft capable, because of one or more horizontal rotors or units acting as rotors, of taking off, hovering, and landing in a fashion similar to a helicopter; and once aloft and moving forward, capable, by means of a mechanical conversion, of flying purely as a fixed-wing aircraft, especially in higher speed ranges.

convertiplane

The same as convertible helicopter
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