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Aerospace glossary

Tiltrotor

Also called proprotor, prop-rotor, tilt rotor

An aircraft with rotors at its wingtips that tilt upward to hover like a helicopter and forward to cruise like an airplane. It is faster than a helicopter but mechanically complex.

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