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4-Place PAV CH-150 Heliplane CarterCopter Technology Demonstrator CarterGyro Demonstrator Trainer Heliplane Hydrablaster CH-45 Heliplane Mu-1 Crew Photo
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Carter Aviation Technologies, LLC is a research and development company, pioneering new and improved aviation concepts. Our primary focus is the Slowed-Rotor/Compound (SR/CTM) gyroplane. It is a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that uses the rotor for takeoff and landing, and a small, efficient wing for high speed flight, potentially up to 500 mph, all with much less complexity than a tilt-rotor or other vectored thrust aircraft. We successfully demonstrated the SR/C concept with the CarterCopter Technology Demonstrator (CCTD), the first and only aircraft to reach mu-1 (more info).

What's New at Carter
April 2012
  • Carter PAV Refines Jump Takeoffs

    The PAV continues to expand the flight envelope during Phase II Flight-testing. One focus of the most recent flight testing was to refine the jump takeoff procedure. We incrementally increased pre-rotation rpm to 375, allowing for jump takeoffs over 50 ft (400 is the planned max over speed rpm). We plan to continue to refine the procedure, minimizing the time lapse between disengaging the prerotator and jumping to minimize the rotor rpm loss.

    Our other major task has been to refine the software for our automatic controls to provide automatic, stable, aircraft angles-of-attack and rotor rpm control before taking the aircraft to higher speeds and advance ratios.


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