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The VZ-3 was a simple proof-of-concept experimental aircraft using blown flaps to achieve a short or near vertical take-off. It was a high-wing monoplane powered by an Avco Lycoming T53 turboshaft engine located inside the fuselage driving two large-diameter propellers mounted, one on each wing. It had a T-tail and originally a tailwheel fixed landing gear. It had wide-span double retractable trailing-edge flaps, these were extended into the propeller slipstream for takeoff. To enable control while in the hover it had a universally-jointed jet-deflection nozzle at the rear of the aircraft. It was later modified with a nose-wheel landing gear.

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  • Ryan VZ-3 Vertiplane
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  • The VZ-3 was a simple proof-of-concept experimental aircraft using blown flaps to achieve a short or near vertical take-off. It was a high-wing monoplane powered by an Avco Lycoming T53 turboshaft engine located inside the fuselage driving two large-diameter propellers mounted, one on each wing. It had a T-tail and originally a tailwheel fixed landing gear. It had wide-span double retractable trailing-edge flaps, these were extended into the propeller slipstream for takeoff. To enable control while in the hover it had a universally-jointed jet-deflection nozzle at the rear of the aircraft. It was later modified with a nose-wheel landing gear.
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  • *List of experimental aircraft
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  • turboshaft
gross weight kg
  • 1179(xsd:integer)
length in
  • 8(xsd:integer)
primary user
  • United States Army
Type
  • Experimental VTOL aircraft
eng1 shp
  • 1000(xsd:integer)
height m
  • 3(xsd:double)
Height in
  • 8(xsd:integer)
span m
  • 7(xsd:double)
See Also
  • *Deflected slipstream
perfhide
  • Y
Manufacturer
length m
  • 8(xsd:double)
length ft
  • 27(xsd:integer)
Height ft
  • 10(xsd:integer)
First Flight
  • 1958-12-29(xsd:date)
more users
span ft
  • 23(xsd:integer)
gross weight lb
  • 2600(xsd:integer)
span in
  • 5(xsd:integer)
prime units?
  • imp
similar aircraft
  • *Fairchild VZ-5
Crew
  • One
Number Built
  • 1(xsd:integer)
eng1 name
ref
  • Jane's 1976.
eng1 number
  • 1(xsd:integer)
abstract
  • The VZ-3 was a simple proof-of-concept experimental aircraft using blown flaps to achieve a short or near vertical take-off. It was a high-wing monoplane powered by an Avco Lycoming T53 turboshaft engine located inside the fuselage driving two large-diameter propellers mounted, one on each wing. It had a T-tail and originally a tailwheel fixed landing gear. It had wide-span double retractable trailing-edge flaps, these were extended into the propeller slipstream for takeoff. To enable control while in the hover it had a universally-jointed jet-deflection nozzle at the rear of the aircraft. It was later modified with a nose-wheel landing gear. The VZ-3 could make a near-vertical takeoff within 30 ft (9m) at a speed of 25 mph (40 km/h) and the aircraft could be put into the hover up to a height of 3,700 ft (1,100 m).
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