Short takeoff and landing vehicle with forward swept wings

A method, comprising:

• providing a tilt rotor that is aft of a wing and that is attached to the wing via a pylon, wherein:
• the tilt rotor is included in a vehicle;
• the tilt rotor has an adjustable maximum downward angle from horizontal that is less than or equal to 60°;
• the adjustable maximum downward angle is set via a setting associated with a flight computer;
• and
• the vehicle takes off and lands using at least an amount of lift from the wing and at least an amount of lift from the tilt rotor;
• and
• providing the flight computer, wherein the flight computer is configured to instruct the tilt rotor to produce a new maximum downward angle in response to a change to the adjustable maximum downward angle via the setting associated with the flight computer, including by:
• updating an actuator authority database associated with the flight computer to reflect the new maximum downward angle;
• and
• generating a rotor control signal for the tilt rotor using the updated actuator authority database that reflects the new maximum downward angle.