Types Of Aerial Vehicles Assignment

CLASSIFICATION OF AERIAL VEHICLES

• On the basis of weight

1. Lighter than air (Aerostat)

1. Airship eg. Skyship 600

2. Free Balloon

3. Kite Balloon

2. Heavier than air (Aerodyne)

1. Engine Driven

1. Rotary Wing Aircraft

1. Gyro Plane eg: AutoGyro Calidus

2. Helicopter

1. Tandem configuration: eg. Boeing CH-47 Chinook

2. Conventional configuration: eg. Bell 206

2. Ornithopter

3. Fixed Wing Aircraft

1. Amphibian eg: Canadair CL-215T

2. Land plane eg: Boeing 747

3. Sea Plane eg: grumman g-111 albatross

2. Without Engine

1. Glider and Sailplane eg: Swift S-1

2. Kite

• On the basis of Mach number

1. Subsonic eg: aero l-159 alca

2. Supersonic eg: Lockheed sr-71 blackbird

3. Hypersonic eg: North American X-1

• On the basis of type of take-off 1. Vertical take-off and landing eg: Harrier Jump Jet

2. Short take-off and landing eg: Zenair CH 701