Ryan VTOL

[No.1]

I have read as a kid about this plane in one Yugoslav popular entartaiment magazine...  any more info about this USA VTOL project   

[mfg495]

Found this link about the Ryan XV-5B ("fan-in-wing" VTOL research aircraft)

http://history.nasa.gov/SP-3300/ch8.htm#61

Here is a link to a kit and more infomation on the aircraft

http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/RyanXV-5VertifanPage.htm

[No.1]

Far enough

[Nico Braas]

This was not the only VTOL jet from Ryan. They also produced the X-13 delta-wing tailsitter. To be more precisely it was a tailhanger since it did not sit on its tail like the turboprop powered XV-1 and XFY-1. Instead it was recuperated using a special vertical platform that could be raised down once the plane was coupled and secured.

[Nico Braas]

Sorry, spelling mistake! Of course it was the X-13!

[No.1]

Thank you Nico... no problem with typping error