The Garrett STAMP (Small Tactical Aerial Mobility Platform) was a two-person aircraft prototype made by a division of
AiResearch Manufacturing Co. of
Phoenix, Arizona
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, for the
United States Marine Corps
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STAMP program, in the early 1970s.
Development
The prototype took off and manoeuvred by means of a ducted fan, much like the
Harrier. Unlike the Harrier it had no wings and had to depend on the fan's thrust for lift at all times. This gave it an expected range of 30 miles at a speed of 75 mph. The power came from a
Garrett TSE-231 turbine normally used to power helicopters. The turbine gave 1050 pounds of thrust by running at 6000 rpm. Two persons sat in a closed cockpit adapted from an
OH-6 helicopter.
The prototype was successfully tested in tethered flight on December 21, 1973 inside a hangar at
Marine Corps Air Station El Toro
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in California. Its competitor in the STAMP program was a one-person open-cockpit craft called the Williams Aerial Systems Platform (WASP), made by
Williams International
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History
Dr. Sam B. Williams worked at Chrysler on th ...
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See also
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Personal air vehicle
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List of personal air vehicles
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The emergence of this alternative to traditional ground transport methods has been enabled by unmanned aerial vehicle technologies and electric pr ...
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List of VTOL aircraft
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For more ...
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Flying platform
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Williams X-Jet
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References
Further reading
*Wahl, Paul. Jet Flight With No Wings. Popular Science. April 1974. pp. 88–89, 152
External links
AFWAL-TR-86-3071pp. 3-70 to 3-90
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1970s United States experimental aircraft
VTOL aircraft
Cancelled military aircraft projects of the United States