A convertiplane is a fixed-wing aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing. To achieve this, propellers are usually mounted to the tips of the wings, and both the propellers and their engines rotate. A fairly complicated mechanism to tilt the engines is required, and a risk is that an engine will fail in flight.^[1]

Examples of convertiplanes are:

• Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey
• Canadair CL-84
• LTV XC-142
• Bell XV-3
• Bell XV-15

[edit] See also

• Fairey Rotodyne
• Kamov Ka-22
• Tiltrotor
• Tiltwing
• Tailsitter

[edit] Notes

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