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Carter Aviation Technologies (also known as CarterCopters) is a privately held〔 aviation research and development company based in Wichita Falls, Texas, United States. The main focus of the company is developing new technology and then licensing it to other manufacturers for use on production aircraft.〔(VTOLs map out bespoke manufacturing routes to the mass market )〕 Carter sees its role as predominantly that of research and development with the aim of then patenting〔(Patents Granted ) ''Carter Aviation Technologies'' Retrieved: 5 June 2010.〕 the aviation technological advances it makes.〔 (Archive )〕〔O'Brien, Kevin. "(CarterCopter Advances Towards Mu>1.0 (Part 1) ) ((Part 2) )" ''Aero-News'', 26 April 2004. Accessed: 9 March 2014. Quote: "always adamantly opposed a Carter-produced aircraft"〕 The company is mainly known for making the CarterCopter, and since 2011 its replacement, the Carter Personal Air Vehicle. ==History== The company (CAT) was founded in 1994〔 by Jay Carter Jr., two years after the partial sale of the wind turbine company Carter Wind Systems,〔("American Turbine makes 1975 - 1985" ) ''Winds of Change''. Retrieved: 1 May 2010.〕 now being run by his son Matt.〔Birzer, Brian. ("Three Generations of Texas Wind Men" (video) ) ''Texas Monthly'', August 2011. Accessed: 26 February 2014.〕〔Galbraith, Kate and Price, Asher. "(A mighty wind )" page 2 ''Texas Monthly'', August 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2014.〕 The company is developing the CarterCopter slowed rotor/compound (SR/C) aircraft series, the CarterCopter Propeller System〔〔"(Carter's Efficient Props Find Customer Application )" ''Aero-News'', 6 June 2003. Accessed: 10 April 2014.〕〔 (Mirror )〕〔〔(Carter Aviation Technologies, LLC - U.S.A )〕 and a landing gear system.〔〔〔 (Mirror )〕 According to Carter, the development of the propeller and landing gear was not strictly necessary, and delayed the SR/C.〔Plack, Paul. ("ANN Special Feature -- A Long Flight For The Carter PAV" ) in (netradio interview ) at 2m45s ''Aero-News'', 21 August 2008. Accessed: 13 January 2011.〕 The teetering blade hub principle used in Carter Wind Systems is also used in Carter aircraft.〔 Until 2004, CAT received some funding via three Small Business Innovation Research programs from NASA,〔"(SBIR/STTR Carter Aviation Technologies )" (1 ) (2 ) (3 ). Source: ''Small Business Innovation Research''. Accessed: 20 December 2013.〕〔"(CAT SBIR Award Summary )"〕 totalling over $1million.〔Vance, Christina. (Scripps Howard) (Gyroplane adds sci-fi touch to air travel ) ''The Augusta Chronicle'', 22 December 2000. Accessed: 25 September 2011. (Mirror )〕 On 17 June 2005 the company's sole flying technology demonstrator reached a rotorcraft milestone, but crashed on the next flight. The aircraft had been flying at when the drive pulley to the propeller drive-shaft bolts failed in flight, reversing propeller thrust. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair but both crew members were unharmed. The accident set the company's development back at least ten months as a small wingless autogyro was not flown until 2006,〔 and the Carter PAV (a subsequent 4-place manned compound rotorcraft, the N110AV) was not flown until 2011.〔 Design of the PAV was begun during 2005.〔(Archive 2006 ) (Mirror )''Carter Aviation'', 2 January 2006. Retrieved: 7 August 2010. Quote: "For the past several months, Carter has been designing a new aircraft"〕〔"(CarterCopter prototype in the works )" ''Texomas'', 20 December 2006. Accessed: 26 January 2014.〕 Carter says it has flown at 18,000 feet and reached a Mu of 1.13,〔"(Carter Aviation Considered for Multi-Billion Dollar DOD Contact )" ''Texomas'', 24 January 2014. Accessed: 26 January 2014.〕〔"(Carter vehicle breaks records )" ''Times Record News'', 28 January 2014. Accessed: 28 January 2014.〕 and Carter has applied to the FAA to change the PAVs certificate from research and development to demonstration.〔Warwick, Graham. "(Lockheed/Piasecki Team Tackles Cargo UAV )" page 3 Aviation Week, 24 February 2014. Accessed: 26 February 2014.〕 In 2007, the company modified their strategy from strictly〔 R&D to also include limited production, as potential manufacturing customers were unfamiliar with the technology and would not commit to the large development effort of bringing the concept forward to a product.〔("Carter announces change to R&D philosophy" ) ''Vertical (magazine)'', 17 April 2007. Accessed: 26 February 2014. (Archive )〕 CAT paid $20,000 per year in lobbying expenses in 2005 and 2006, but none in 2009 and 2010 to "monitor transportation, defense, budget, technology issues/appropriations". In 2009, Joe Lieberman earmarked $2,500,000 to Carter for slow-rotor technologies.〔"()" , row 644 (Excel spreadsheet). ''TaxPayer.net'' Accessed: 9 April 2014.〕 Among the board members is tilt rotor developer Kenneth Wernicke, who engineered the Bell XV-15〔("Mr. Ken Wernicke Advisory Board Member" ) ''ZoomInfo'', 3 April 2012. Retrieved: 14 July 2012.〕〔Miller, Jay. ("Origin of the Species" ) ''Air & Space/Smithsonian'', July 2004. Accessed: 10 March 2014.〕〔Maisel, Martin D., Demo J. Giulianetti and Daniel C. Dugan. (NASA SP-2000-4517, "The History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft: From Concept to Flight" (PDF) ) ''NASA'', 2000. Accessed: 17 March 2012.〕 as did Jay Carter.〔〔Wise, Jeff. ("Jay Carter, Jr." ) ''Popular Science'', 2005. Retrieved: 14 July 2012. (Magazine )〕 Wernicke also worked on the Bell XV-3 and V-22 Osprey.〔Whittle, Richard. ("The Dream Machine: The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey" ) pp30+389. ''New York: Simon & Schuster'', 2010. ISBN 1-4165-6295-8. Retrieved: 11 August 2012.〕 In October 2009 the company announced it was forming two subsidiaries ''Carter Aerospace Development'', to continue with the Research and Development, and ''Carter Air Vehicles'' to manufacture the products.〔 (Mirror )〕 Jay Carter says he has 58% ownership of the company in June 2012.〔 On 6 September 2013, DARPA awarded $2,231,816 to Carter for the development of a medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle prototype in the TERN program ("Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node").〔"(HR0011-13-C-0097 )" 6 September 2013. Accessed: 8 September 2013.〕 The goal is an aircraft capable of flying by itself from a small ship (like LCS-2) with a payload of out to an operational radius of . Carter views vehicle recovery in rough seas as a significant challenge,〔 and tried unsuccessfully to partner with larger companies.〔"(Carter Aviation Lands Multi-Million Dollar Development Contract )" ''Texomas'', 16 October 2013. Accessed: 19 October 2013.〕 First flight of a TERN demonstrator is expected in 2017,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) Program Solicitation Number: DARPA-BAA-13-28 )〕 but if Carter wins the final bid, the order would be too big for them, and a partner would have to build the many aircraft.〔 Other Phase 1 recipients include AeroVironment,〔"(AeroVironment joins DARPA program to develop long-range UAVs for launch from small ships )" 4 September 2013. Accessed: 8 September 2013.〕 Northrop Grumman,〔"(HR0011-13-C-0096 )" 6 September 2013. Accessed: 8 September 2013.〕 Aurora Flight Sciences and Maritime Applied Physics.〔John Keller. "(DARPA program to launch long-range UAVs from small ships expands to five contractors )" ''Military Aerospace Electronics'', 6 October 2013. Accessed: 6 October 2013.〕 AeroVironment〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) – Phase II )〕 and Northrop Grumman〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) – Phase II )〕 proceeded to Phase 2. The Paul E. Haueter Award of the American Helicopter Society for 2014 was presented to Jay Carter "for his achievements in slowed-rotor compound aircraft designs capable of providing unprecedented improvements in rotorcraft operational flexibility, efficiency, speed and safety."〔"(AHS International Announces 2014 Recipients of Its Prestigious Awards )" ''AHS International'', 31 March 2014. Accessed: 31 March 2014. (Mirror )〕 Carter says they have started development of a turboprop aircraft powered by the 1,750shp Honeywell TPE331-14.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carter Aviation Technologies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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