Carter Aviation Technologies (also known as CarterCopters) is a

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company based in

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. The main focus of the company is developing new technology and then licensing it to other manufacturers for use on production aircraft. Carter sees its role as predominantly that of research and development with the aim of patentingPatents Granted
''Carter Aviation Technologies'' Retrieved: 5 June 2010. the aviation technological advances it makes.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 The CarterCopter is an experimental compound autogyro developed by Carter Aviation Technologies in the United States to demonstrate slowed rotor technology. On 17 June 2005, the CarterCopter became the first rotorcraft to achieve mu-1 (μ=1), an ...

, 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)
''

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'', August 2011. Accessed: 26 February 2014.Galbraith, Kate and Price, Asher.
A mighty wind
page 2 ''

'', August 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2014. The company is developing the

slowed rotor The slowed rotor principle is used in the design of some helicopters. On a conventional helicopter the rotational speed of the rotor is constant; reducing it at lower flight speeds can reduce fuel consumption and enable the aircraft to fly more e ...

/compound (SR/C) aircraft series, the CarterCopter Propeller System and a landing gear system. 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"
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netradio interview
at 2m45s ''Aero-News'', 21 August 2008. Accessed: 13 January 2011. The teetering

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hub principle used in Carter Wind Systems is also used in Carter aircraft. Until 2004, CAT received some funding via three

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programs from

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, totalling over $1 million.Vance, Christina. (Scripps Howard
Gyroplane adds sci-fi touch to air travel
'' The Augusta Chronicle'', 22 December 2000. Accessed: 25 September 2011
Mirror
/ref> On 17 June 2005, the

, 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 The Carter PAV (Personal Air Vehicle) is a two-bladed, compound autogyro developed by Carter Aviation Technologies to demonstrate slowed rotor technology. The design has an unpowered rotor mounted on top of the fuselage, wings like a conventio ...

(a subsequent 4-place manned compound rotorcraft, N110AV) was not flown until 2011. Design of the PAV was begun during 2005.Archive 2006
'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 has applied to the FAA to change the PAVs certificate from research and development to demonstration. 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.
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'', 17 April 2007. Accessed: 26 February 2014
Archive
/ref> 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. Among the

board member A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organi ...

s is

tilt rotor A tiltrotor is an aircraft which generates lift and propulsion by way of one or more powered rotors (sometimes called ''proprotors'') mounted on rotating shafts or nacelles usually at the ends of a fixed wing. Almost all tiltrotors use a trans ...

developer

Kenneth Wernicke Kenneth Gene Wernicke (October 12, 1932 – September 1, 2022) was an American aerospace engineer. He had a leading role in the development of the tilt rotor aircraft Bell XV-3, Bell XV-15 and V-22 Osprey. Life and career Ken Wernicke had a ...

, who

engineered Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more specializ ...

the

Bell XV-15 The Bell XV-15 is an American tiltrotor VTOL aircraft. It was the second successful experimental tiltrotor aircraft and the first to demonstrate the concept's high speed performance relative to conventional helicopters. Development Early VTOL ...

as did Jay Carter. Wernicke also worked on the Bell XV-3 and

V-22 Osprey The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American multi-mission, tiltrotor military aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. It is designed to combine the functionality of a convention ...

. 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. On 6 September 2013,

DARPA The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military. Originally known as the Adv ...

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"). 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. First flight of a TERN demonstrator is expected in 2017, 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,

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Aurora Flight Sciences Aurora Flight Sciences is an American aviation and aeronautics research subsidiary of Boeing which primarily specializes in the design and construction of special-purpose Unmanned aerial vehicles. Aurora has been established for 20+ years and th ...

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 and Northrop Grumman proceeded to Phase 2. The Paul E. Haueter Award of the

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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." , Carter says they have started development of a

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aircraft powered by the 1,750shp Honeywell TPE331-14.

Agreement with Textron

On 16 November 2009, the AAI Corporation (a division of

Textron Textron Inc. is an American industrial conglomerate based in Providence, Rhode Island. Textron's subsidiaries include Arctic Cat, Bell Textron, Textron Aviation (which itself includes the Beechcraft, and Cessna brands), and Lycoming Engines. ...

) signed a 40-year exclusive

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"Textron Subsidiary To Develop Carter Rotor Technology"
''AVweb'', 18 November 2009. Retrieved: 1 May 2010.Page, Lewi
"VTOL gyro-copter flying car mates with killer robot"
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'', 20 November 2009. Retrieved: 10 March 2014. with the company concerning all unmanned aircraft systems, one of which was intended to deliver 3000 pounds of cargo similar to the unmanned

Kaman K-MAX The Kaman K-MAX (company designation K-1200) is an American helicopter with intermeshing rotors (synchropter) by Kaman Aircraft. It is optimized for external cargo load operations, and is able to lift a payload of over , which is more than the ...

, but over a future range of 1300 nautical miles compared to the demonstrated or more of the K-MAX."Team K-MAX demonstrates successful unmanned Helicopter Cargo resupply to U.S. Marine Corps"
, Lockheed Martin press release, 8 February 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2010. AAI expected this cargo aircraft to fly in 2011.Warwick, Graham
"Carter flies VTOL hybrid"
'' Aviation Week'', 26 January 2011. Accessed: 9 March 2014. The agreement committed CarterCopters to developing the technology to maturity for 4 complete aircraft in 2011, in exchange for exclusive rights to develop UAVs for the next 40 years. AAI intended to use this technology in two modified Shadow UAVsWarwick, Graham
"AAI adds unpowered rotor to Shadow UAV for VTOL"
'' Aviation Week'', 12 November 2010. Accessed: 27 January 2011.Warwick, Graham
"Transformer - Coming to a Theater Near You?"
'' Aviation Week'', 24 October 2011. Accessed: 8 March 2014. for flight in 2012,Warwick, Graham
"AAI Flies Precursor To Advanced Shadow UAVs"
'' Aviation Week'', 1 August 2011. Accessed: 2 September 2011
Archive
/ref> and as the basis for their proposal to

s "Flying Humvee"

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program.Skinner, Tony
"Textron pursues 'flying Humvee' programme"
''Shephard'', 22 July 2010. Retrieved: 10 March 2014.Weinberger, Sharon
"The U.S. Military wants a battlefield-ready flying car"
''

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'', 15 July 2010. Retrieved: 26 November 2010."DARPA kicks off Transformer (TX) program"
''

'', 12 October 2010. Retrieved: 20 February 2014. DARPA selected this team for Phase 1 on 15 November 2010 lasting 15 months,"AAI-Led team selected for ground-breaking DARPA Transformer program"
'' AAI Corporation'', 15 November 2010. Accessed: 16 December 2010. but later only selected Lockheed Martin for the subsequent

Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System The Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) was a concept for an unmanned VTOL flight module that can transport various payloads. The concept started as the TX (Transformer) in 2009 for a terrain-independent transportation system centered on ...

(ARES) program. AAI also expected to use the SR/C technology for the Shadow Knight, a powered-rotor two-propeller surveillance aircraft for the

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Warwick, Graham
"AAI Unveils Shadow Knight UAV For MRMUAS"
'' Aviation Week'', 24 January 2012. Accessed: 30 January 2012
Mirror1Mirror2
Warwick, Graham
"Introducing AAI's Shadow Knight"
'' Aviation Week'', 24 January 2012. Accessed: 9 March 2014. MRMUAS program that was cancelled in 2012 to save $1.5billion. If AAI proposed an unmanned casualty evacuation aircraft, it would also have been based on Carter technology.Tuttle, Rich
"AUVSI: Transformers: Robots in disguise"
''

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'', 25 August 2010. Accessed: 10 March 2014. In 2014, Carter said they bought back the license from AAI, and is seeking production partners outside USA.

Agreement with Municipality

On 6 October 2009, (final agreement 14 April 2010) Carter signed a 7-year agreement with the Wichita Falls

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(WFEDC). The agreement provided Carter with a US$4M segmented loan (sourced from 4A sales tax) for use as operating capital to allow increased development activity and company expansion, matching some of the AAI funding.Foy, Melissa
"Entrepreneur Hopes 4A Board Gives Company More Money"
''Texomas'', 1 August 2012. Accessed: 26 February 2014. The loan was provided at a zero-percent interest rate with a delayed re-payment period and also includes a forgiveness clause in exchange for new job creationShores, Gary & Carter, Jay
Resolution 132-2009mirror1mirror2
''City of

'', 6 October 2009. Accessed: 4 January 2011.Wood, Janice
Carter signs $4 million incentive agreement
''General Aviation News'', 3 May 2010. Retrieved: 4 June 2010.Wichita Falls City Council Minutes
page 697 ''

'', 6 October 2009. Retrieved: 7 March 2014. of 300 manufacturing jobs. The total investment by AAI and WFEDC was up to $12 million.Dockery, Jim
"Comprehensive annual financial report"short link
page ii ''City of

'', 24 March 2010. Accessed: 4 January 2011. According to the agreement, Wichita Falls provided a building for CAT around the time of first flight. The $4m was to be paid in 8 segments depending on

milestone A milestone is a numbered marker placed on a route such as a road, railway line, canal or boundary. They can indicate the distance to towns, cities, and other places or landmarks; or they can give their position on the route relative to so ...

s achieved (not necessarily in order): PAV flight without wings, first firm order, PAV flight with wings, second firm order, flight tests of second PAV, and hiring of a number of new employees. The agreement defines a successful flight as 30 minutes or more. Carter received the first downpayment of a prototype, qualifying CAT for a loan payment from the city, and as of 31 August 2010, the amount paid by the WFEDC to CAT was $468,750.Shores, Gary et al
"Notice of meeting (amended)"
, 13 September 2010. '' Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation''. Accessed: 4 January 2011
Mirror
/ref> According to Jay Carter, these milestones are related to requirements from AAI. Carter also confirmed that CAT has "been in business for 16 years and never sold a product".Plack, Paul
"ANN Special Feature: Part II - Carter Aviation Technologies - 05.05.10"
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netradio interview
at 5m40s ''Aero-News'', 5 May 2010. Accessed: 4 January 2011. First flight of the PAV occurred on 5 January 2011 and lasted 36 minutes, qualifying CAT for another milestone payment.Wood, Janice
"Carter PAV hits first milestone"
'' General Aviation News'', 17 January 2011. Accessed: 13 February 2012."Carter PAV Completes 1st Funding Milestone Flight"
'' Aero News'', 18 January 2011. Accessed: 10 March 2014. As of 18 August 2011, the amount paid by the WFEDC to CAT was $937,500.City clerk
"Resolution 84-2011"
20 September 2011. '' Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation''. Accessed: 1 December 2012. In June 2011, the company moved from its initial buildings to a facility with financial assistance from the City of Wichita Falls. AAI has provided $7.5m for license and prototype, while WFEDC has made 6 of 8 progress payments by June 2012.Shores, Gary et al
"Minutes of the Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation"
p2, 2 August 2012. '' Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation''. Accessed: 26 November 2012. The original milestones proved difficult, and AAI switched to progress payments instead.Shores, Gary et al
"Minutes of the Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation"
p2, 18 April 2012. '' Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation''. Accessed: 20 February 2014
Mirror, page 12
/ref> During 2012, Carter reduced the workforce from about 37Carter Aerospace Development
'' Better Business Bureau'', 10 January 2012. Accessed: 26 January 2014.Crosbie, Katie
"Carter Aviation Technologies Shows Off New Facility"
''Texomas'', 18 January 2012. Accessed: 5 March 2014. due to lack of funds, and the number of employees came to 13 in 2013 and 5 in 2014.Carter Aviation Hoping to Move Forward With Production Plans
''Texomas'', 8 January 2016. Accessed: 8 February 2016. WFEDC agreed to a Carter proposal of changing the finance agreement to match the AAI progress method, in order to continue operations. WFEDC would provide two loan payments (almost $1million) in exchange for Carter

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and

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, and Carter offers assets they estimate at $2.4-2.7 million as

collateral Collateral may refer to: Business and finance * Collateral (finance), a borrower's pledge of specific property to a lender, to secure repayment of a loan * Marketing collateral, in marketing and sales Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Collate ...

for the loan.Shores, Gary et al.
Minutes of the Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation
p1-3, 18 June 2012. '' Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation''. Accessed: 20 July 2012.Shores, Gary et al
"Minutes of the Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation"
p2, 4 June 2012. '' Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation''. Accessed: 26 November 2012. However, in August 2012, Carter offered all of the $2.7 million of hard assets, and refused transfer of intellectual property to the City as that would limit the company's ability to raise money. The WFEDC approved the agreement after lengthy discussion,Shores, Gary et al
"Minutes of the Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation"
, 29 June 2012. '' Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation''. Accessed: 29 November 2012. but if loan repayments are not commenced 4 years after signage, WFEDC could consider the agreement to be in

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. In June 2014, WFEDC agreed to a two-year extension,Shores, Gary et al
"Minutes of the Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation"
, 17 June 2014. '' Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation''. Accessed: 1 August 2014
Mirror, page 26
Shores, Gary et al
"Minutes of the Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation"
, 15 April 2014. '' Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation''. Accessed: 1 August 2014. which needed approval from the city council also.Ingle, John.
Funding, lack of investors temporarily grounds Carter Aviation
'' Times Record News'', 1 September 2014. Accessed: 2 September 2014
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/ref> As of late 2015, the combined loan of 3.3 million was not paid back. As of June 2013, 7 out of 8 milestones had been met - Carter viewed the last milestone of 50 employees as unlikely to be fulfilled,Shores, Gary et al
"Minutes of the Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation"
, 21 June 2013. '' Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation''. Accessed: 2 September 2012. but later maintained the hope of achieving that goal. Carter demonstrated their second PAV (the N210AV) at

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air festival and MacDill Air Force Base in 2014, both in Florida. In July 2014, it was displayed at Oshkosh Airshow. Carter says it has flown at 18,000 feet.

Technology sale

In 2019, the company sold its slowed rotor technology to Jaunt Air Mobility, an Uber Air Taxi partner. Carter Aviation continued its research into new technology.

Technology

The primary technology of the company is the "Slowed Rotor/Compound" (SR/C) CarterCopter concept. A compound rotorcraft uses both

wing A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections that are subject to aerodynamic forces and act as airfoils. A wing's aerodynamic efficiency is expres ...

s and a rotor for lift. The wings support the aircraft when airspeed is high enough. "Slowed rotor" indicates that the rotor is then slowed down in high speed flight to reduce drag. Heavy tip weights made of lead,

tungsten Tungsten, or wolfram, is a chemical element with the symbol W and atomic number 74. Tungsten is a rare metal found naturally on Earth almost exclusively as compounds with other elements. It was identified as a new element in 1781 and first isolat ...

or steel are used to make jump takeoffs and keep the slowed rotor stable. The

Technology Demonstrator was the first aircraft to achieve μ-1 ( Mu-1) on 17 June 2005. μ-1 is "an aerodynamic limit defined by a forward speed and rotor rpm combination that results in advancing (moving into the relative wind) blade tips reaching speeds of twice that of the aircraft. At the same time, the retreating blade tips experience zero airspeed (as they rotate away from the relative wind) on the opposite side -- the entire inboard portion of the blade sees 'reverse' air flow."Diagram of Mu
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Aircraft

The company has not made products for sale. Four aircraft have been made or modified: *

- experimental autogyro from 1998 to 2005, registration N121CC (no longer in flying condition). * CarterGyro Demonstrator/Trainer (CGD/T), registration N899CC - a modified Butterfly Monarch autogyro built by CarterCopter pilot Larry NealO'Brien, Kevin
"Carter Copter's little brother"
''Aero-News'', 30 July 2004. Accessed: 4 January 2011
Archived
on 28 August 2014. and used by the company to test technology developments, such as a 7.92 m (26 ft 0 in) Carter rotor
'' Jane's all the world's aircraft'', 20 July 2010. Retrieved: 9 September 2010
Archive
/ref> and energy-absorbing landing gear.Anderson, Rod.
The CarterCopter and its legacy
Issue 83, pages 11-24 ''

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'', 30 March 2006. Accessed: 11 December 2010
Mirror
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Carter Personal Air Vehicle The Carter PAV (Personal Air Vehicle) is a two-bladed, compound autogyro developed by Carter Aviation Technologies to demonstrate slowed rotor technology. The design has an unpowered rotor mounted on top of the fuselage, wings like a convent ...

- 4-seat autogyro under development to be sold in kit form,
Performance archive
/ref> registrations N110AV and N210AV.N210AV
''Flight Aware''. Accessed: 2 September 2013 The first flew in 2011, and shares key features with the original

Notes and references

External links

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