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Papers Written by Carter Aviation Technologies

Significance of μ-1 and the Technical Issues Involved	A description of the issues involved in high mu flight, and how Carter Aviation Technologies has addressed those issues.
CCTD Flight Data & Analysis	Actual performance data from our mu-1 flight tests, including a comparison to several popular kit aircraft and various helicopters.
Heliplane Transport: Candidate for Air-Maneuver Transport	Presented at the American Helicopter Society 60th Annual Forum, 2004. **Note that this is our most informative paper to date.
High Tech Gyroplane at AHS	Presented at the American Helicopter Society Vertical Lift Aircraft Design Conference, 2000.
CC Heliplane at PSTS	Presented at the Precision Strike Technology Symposium, October 2000
Comparison to Corporate Commuters	Comparison of the Heliplane vs. BA 609 & Equivalent Size "Corporate Commuters"
History of Gyroplanes	A brief history of gyroplanes.

Analyses Performed by Other Parties

Georgia Tech Hub Drag Calculation	An analysis performed by Georgia Tech calculating the hub drag of the CarterCopter and comparing it to other rotorcraft.
Heliplane Drag Estimate	An analysis performed by Ken Wernicke, former Chief Project Engineer for all of Bell's VTOL projects, including the XV-15 and V-22 Osprey tilt rotor, up till his retirement. His predicted L/D of 13.0 was only slightly less than our prediction of 14. (See Heliplane vs. C-130 Comparison, updated 2002-05-28).

Proposals

CH-45 Proposal Temporarily Unavailable

Proposal for a Vertical Takeoff and Landing Carter Heliplane Demonstrator (CH-45) Proof of Concept Vehicle

Reports