Electric VTOL News by the Vertical Flight Society has developed a series addressing the use of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft terminology that are misleading or erroneous, and proffers ...

Aeroelastic properties are expected to become increasingly important for future aircraft configurations. A number of examples clearly show this obvious trend: The increasing use of lightweight ...

Researchers have developed a predictive energy management framework for megawatt-class parallel hybrid-electric regional aircraft, showing how coordinated control of engines, electric motors, and ...

A visually striking feature, the folding wingtips on the 777X are critical to its operation.

Since the early days of powered vertical flight, there have been a wide range of labels placed on approaches to aircraft lift and cruise propulsion, also called the “configuration.” An early taxonomy ...