The VTOL capable “B” variant is a complex machine, with total of 19 doors on the outside of the aircraft for weapons, landing gear and thrusters. The thruster on the tail can pivot 90° down ...

The US military experimented with vertical takeoff and landing ( VTOL) far more aggressively ... including additional thrusters and control surfaces. However, ultimately, the Avrocar was never ...

[Peter Ryseck]’s Mini QBIT quadrotor biplane brings in some of the efficiency of fixed-wing flight, without all the complexity usually associated with VTOL aircraft. The Mini QBIT is just a 3 ...