TsAGI Studying Bartini's VTOL Tiltrotor Model

Today, there is ongoing demand for quick intra-urban and interurban travels for short distances. Thus, it is increasingly demanding to create small aircraft that would do the job.

Scientists from TsAGI (a part of NRC "Zhukovsky Institute") tested model of vertical takeoff-and-landing tiltrotor aimed for flights within high-density urban areas. Bartini Design Company was the customer.

http://tsagi.ru/en/pressroom/news/6118/