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Carter Aviation Technologies is a research and development company, pioneering new aviation concepts. Our primary focus is the slowed-rotor compound aircraft, a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that uses the rotor for takeoff and landing, and a small, efficient wing for high speed flight, up to 500 mph, all with much less complexity than a tilt-rotor or other vectored thrust vehicle. We successfully demonstrated the slowed rotor concept with the CarterCopter Technology Demonstrator (CCTD), the first and only aircraft to reach mu-1 (more info).

This Month at Carter

2009-07-06

• We are taking the 4-Place PAV Prototype to this year's EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The aircraft will be unveiled on Sunday, July 26th, and will be on static display through the following Saturday in the EAA Welcome Center (located along the main road, Celebration Way, close to AeroShell Square). Company president, Jay Carter, will be giving a forum, titled Carter's SR/C Technology and PAV Update, at 11:30 am on Saturday, August 1st in Pavilion 11, the REMOS Aircraft Pavilion (more info).
• Continued installing many of the mechanical components, including elements of the hydraulic and pneumatic systems, position sensors, and servos.
• Completed the final bond of the new fixed horizontal stabilizer and installed it on the aircraft. Completed final bond of the new moveable elevator. The outboard vertical stabilizer still need to be bonded to the horizontal stabilizer, and prefinish and painting must still be completed for all parts of the assembly.
• Completed construction of the landing gear fairings and began installation on the center wing section.
• Continued work with test specimens to determine the best methods for constructing the new rotor, which will now use a removable pin to connect the spar to the blade skins.
• Began construction of the new tilting mast.
• Installed the EFIS units, radios, and various other avionics in the panel. These systems are now functional. Began wiring for other electrical components in the aircraft.
  
  

  Fixed Hor. Stab. Installed on Aircraft Landing Gear Fairings on Wing Center Section One Side of New Tilting Mast Instrument Panel

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