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My experience of visiting a Helicopter Museum in Buckeburg, Germany
18 May 2023 11:21 GMT
… world helicopter speed record, the Rotodyne featured a tip-jet-powered rotor that … the high levels of rotor tip jet noise generated in flight. … that has two interlocking rotors! As luck would have … admit, the rotor assembly of a helicopter never ceases to …
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Why LYTE Aviation Is Drawing Inspiration From The 1950s For Its Futuristic SkyBus Aircraft
25 Jul 2023 10:40 GMT
… Rotodyne, a 1950s large-capacity helicopter prototype for commercial and military … Fairey Rotodyne featured a tip-jet-powered rotor and an unobstructed rectangular fuselage … surfaces or by varying the rotor RPM using fly-by-wire …
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The Monster Jet Engined Air Crane XH-17 Wrote Aviation History Exactly 70 Years Ago
23 Oct 2022 20:30 GMT
… for tip-jet rotors. Drastically simplified, this concept means a helicopter with … undoubtedly, its engine and rotor assembly. Twin General Electric … nominal rotor RPM of 88 (half of the typical helicopters … it was the heaviest rotor-flown aircraft in the …
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Serbian defence industry conquers Greek market
07 Aug 2021 12:58 GMT
… American entries, two helicopters. In addition, Apache helicopters, a Navy S70 Aegean … ‐purpose ALAS guided missile system, tip jet rotor helicopter system, hybrid artillery ammunition of …
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The Fairey Rotodyne, the vertical take off and landing airliner time forgot
16 Feb 2020 14:12 GMT
… of small, unmanned electric multi-copters shuttling two or three passengers … the complexity of most helicopters, which spun their rotors by coupling them … with a two-blade tip-jet driven rotor. The tip jet rotor worked by taking air …
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FARNBOROUGH: Seven decades of show business
17 Jul 2018 14:43 GMT
… debut. With its “tip-jet” powered rotors, FIight described the unusual … rising vertically as a helicopter and hovering briefly before … setting off. “Translation from helicopter to autogiro flight is … excess of the world helicopter record of 162mph.”
1966 …
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From the Ray Prouty Archives: Crosscoupling
27 Nov 2017 19:17 GMT
… case of the “hingeless” rotor.
The lateral flapping comes … rotors turning counterclockwise when viewed from the top). For the rotor … were a characteristic of helicopters with tip-jet engines that were in … , and is stronger on rotors with light blades. Figure …