Aircraft which can fly as helicopter

Kanpur: Techkriti emerged as a platform where students displayed different models, prototypes of futuristic technologies.
The students of Thakur Institute of Aviation Technology had displayed a model of an aircraft which can fly both as an aeroplane and a helicopter. Named 'Hawk Eye', it has vertical takeoff and landing characteristics (VTOL).
It is a hovering aircraft which uses a combination of 3-axis advance gyro sensors to produce stable yet highly manoeuverable flight. It has a blended wing body which can be replaced as a helicopter. As it has a shape of an aeroplane. Importantly, it can be used for surveillance.
This model of aircraft has a camera (from which we can spy), listening bug (from which one can hear the enemy status sitting at own place), anti-collision circuit (from which we can detect any obstacle in front of aircraft), electronic eye, fire and smoke alarm which gives it edge over the other aircraft.
01/02/12 Times of India

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Feb 2012