MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 03rd September, 2018) A tilt-rotor aircraft, or convertiplane, is planned to be created for Russian Airborne Forces, which are currently preparing a customer specification, a defense industry source told Sputnik on Sunday.
"Russian Airborne Forces are working on the possibility of using convertiplanes to deliver paratroopers on the battlefield. Before the end of September, it is planned to get the customer specification and start the experimental design work for this aircraft," the source said.
Technically, a tilt-rotor aircraft is a hybrid of an airplane and a helicopter using rotor power for vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and converting to fixed-wing lift in normal flight. Its advantage in versatility is that it can take off and land like a helicopter, but fly with aircraft's speed and efficiency in terms of fuel consumption.
