DARPA/ONR Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) UAS

money and a new DARPA Director who had other priorities.
 
Wonder why nobody went back to the XF5U/V-173 "Flying Flapjack" design for this. While I don't think it could ever take off vertically, I'm pretty sure it could take off with ~30knots wind over the deck. Just time the takeoff for when the ship turns to put the wind about 30deg off the direction of motion. I know it could hang off the props for a vertical landing, or do a super STOL landing with maybe 50ft forward roll.

Single T700 or so class engine (~2500hp), Currie Industries 9" ring and pinion with 2.73:1 gear reduction to turn 6000rpm at the engine to 2200rpm at the drive shafts, H53 90deg tail rotor drive gearbox.
 
Scott Kenny said:
I know it could hang off the props for a vertical landing,
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While this was indeed the aim, as far as I know, this was never demonstrated with the V-173, I assume due to lack of power, and of course, the XF5U prototype never flew . . .

cheers,
Robin.
 
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I did not realize they had gotten that far with a prototype. To bad it did not get into the air.
 

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From another discussion, Karem looks like it may be making progress on its ANCILLARY entry: There are FAA registrations for three aircraft under the designation TR-8 that could be their ANCILLAIARY design.

TomS said:
The entry for N362ZK says it has a 2-cycle engine. This aircraft clearly has turboprops.

The entry also says N362ZK is designated a TR-8. Based on the TR-36 and TR-53, Karem's naming convention for tiltrotors seems to be TR-[rotor diameter in feet]. If so, TR-8 is much smaller than this design.

ETA: Interestingly, there are three aircraft designated as Karem TR-8s, all registered on November 27, 2024. Serial 00001 is N362ZK, Serial 00002 is N102KA and Serial 00003 is N477DM. Do those codes suggest anything to anyone else?


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My hunch is that the Karem TR-8 is their entry in the DARPA Ancillary project:

DARPA Shows Concepts for the Future of VTOL Uncrewed Aerial Systems

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Karem Aircraft, Inc. is advancing into the next phase of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) Tactical Technology Office’s AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) program. The program intends to develop a long-endurance, shipboard platform...
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