TY - JOUR AU1 - Poh, Chung-Kiak AU2 - Poh, Chung-How AU3 - AB - Poh, C.-H. (2021) Retarded Harrier Ma- Modern day VTOL fixed-wing aircraft based on quadplane design is relatively neuver as a New and Efficient Approach for Fixed-Wing Aircraft to Achieve S/VTOL. simple and reliable due to lack of complex mechanical components compared Advances in Aerospace Science and Tech- to tilt-wings or tilt-rotors in the pre-80’s era. Radio-controlled aerobatic air- nology, 6, 81-92. planes have thrust-to-weight ratio of greater than unity and are capable of https://doi.org/10.4236/aast.2021.62006 performing a range of impressive maneuvers including the so-called harrier Received: March 1, 2021 maneuver. We hereby present a new maneuver known as the retarded harrier Accepted: May 24, 2021 that is applicable to un/manned fixed-wing aircraft for achieving VTOL flight Published: May 27, 2021 with a better forward flight performance than a quadplane in terms of weight, Copyright © 2021 by author(s) and speed and esthetics. An airplane with tandem roto-stabilizers is also pre- Scientific Research Publishing Inc. sented as an efficient airframe to achieve VTOL via retarded harrier maneuv- This work is licensed under the Creative er, and detailed analysis is given for hovering at 45˚ and 60˚ and comparison Commons Attribution International is made against the widely adopted quadplane. This work also TI - Retarded Harrier Maneuver as a New and Efficient Approach for Fixed-Wing Aircraft to Achieve S/VTOL JF - Advances in Aerospace Science and Technology DO - 10.4236/aast.2021.62006 DA - 2021-01-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/retarded-harrier-maneuver-as-a-new-and-efficient-approach-for-fixed-OlC8KugLwe DP - DeepDyve ER -