Tiltrotor Design and Configuration

A Video showing the creation of a 3d model of a tiltrotor. And a brief overview of the history of tiltrotors starting with the Baynes and Platt-LePage concepts in the 1930's. First flight on the Trancendental 1-G and the XV-3 in the 1950s. And the first production tiltrotors in the 1990's.

I will continue to add to this project in the future. My next step is to import this CAD model into Blender to create a higher quality animation of the mechanical components.

Technical References:
The History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft" Maisel, Giulianetti, Dugan, NASA, 2000
"V-22 Propulsion System Design Paper 91-25", Sonneborn, Kaiser, Covington, Wilson, BHTI, Presented at the 7th European Rotorcraft Forum, 9/24-9/27 1991, Belin Germany.
US Patent US-2702168-A, Convertible Aircraft, Platt, 7/7/1950
US Patent US-2230370-A, Aircraft, Baynes, 2/26/1938
US Patent US-6247667-B1, Tiltrotor Aircraft Pylon Conversion System, Fenny et al., 6/19/2001
US 2024/0124134, E VTOL aircraft with tilting propellers and lifting propellers, B German et. al., GTRI, 4/18/2024
US 2024/0253791 A1, Improved Gearboxes for eVTOL aircraft, S Graves, Archer Aviation, 8/1/2024