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All Rights Reserved American Helicopter Society Summer 2006 vertiflite<br />

1963-1965 Kaman UH-2 Compound: Kaman, USA<br />

• Research aircraft comprising a Kaman Seasprite UH-2A single-engine aircraft<br />

with an additional auxiliary jet engine and/or a wing<br />

• Rotor and rotor drive: standard UH-2A (13-meter-diameter four-bladed rotor and<br />

1,500 shp (1,100 kW) General Electric T58-8F turbo-shaft engine)<br />

• General Electric YJ85, pod mounted on the right, with approximately 1,100 daN <strong>of</strong><br />

thrust<br />

• 11-meter-span wing<br />

• Maiden flight: November 26, 1963

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