V/STOL Wheel – Aircraft and Propulsion Concepts

Missing tail-sitting rotor wing aircraft: very few components that aren't used in both modes of flight.

Thor: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/drones/thor-tran...

They left out the recent DARPA idea of helicopter-style blades that retract into a disk-like wing.

They left out designs that transition rapidly and automatically, without sustained hover. For example, an aircraft with a pair of thrust-vectoring engines could be equipped with a nose gear that tosses the front upward, allowing an automated takeoff. (too fast to be done manually) Landing could be similar, with a long and heavy-duty node gear that can take a bit of shock. Another approach is a solid-fuel rocket, again just enough to support the nose.

Shouldn't the falcon 9 be included?

Am I the only one who thinks the X-32 got shafted in the JSF project? It's a pretty good example of keeping a design simple.

Oh man so cool, there are great footages on YoyTube under Nasa Dryden I think. Like old research videos on flat spins, aeroelasticity, one these was in there the Vertol 76 that's a cool video that bubble canopy and those twin rotors.

This seems to be old; the X-35B is now F-35B: https://www.f35.com/about/variants/f35b

Do cyclorotors count or no

Also the jet engine stand that they tilt forward and they cruise around on single man. It looks like a flying podium haha.

What about jet-tip helicopters or fall under helicopters too yeah

Missing the Lilium Jet and the XTI TriFan 600.

Many of these become very viable with the advent of electric aircraft. Tailsitters being the simplest.

It's an interesting alternative to visualization of tree-based hierarchies

How about a gyrocopter or is that not a short takeoff?