1940 ? 2010: Brief history of hybrid helicopters around ... - Eurocopter
1940 ? 2010: Brief history of hybrid helicopters around ... - Eurocopter
1940 ? 2010: Brief history of hybrid helicopters around ... - Eurocopter
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All Rights Reserved American Helicopter Society Summer 2006 vertiflite<br />
1953 SNCASO FARFADET France<br />
• 11.2-meter-diameter three-bladed rotor driven by blade tip jets (air/fuel mixture) at low<br />
speeds, then autogyro operation<br />
• Constant-speed Ratier two-bladed pusher propeller mounted at the front<br />
• Powerplant: for the rotor, a 275 hp (202 kW) Arius I turbocharger located behind the<br />
cabin supplied the compressed air; for the propeller, a 275 hp (202 kW) Artouste II<br />
turbo-prop engine<br />
• Turbo-prop engine gas deflection valves for yaw control, mounted at the end <strong>of</strong> the<br />
tail<br />
• 6.3-meter-span wing<br />
• Maximum weight: 1,500 kg<br />
• Maiden flight on the Villacoublay airfield on May 7, 1953, at the hands <strong>of</strong> Jean<br />
Dabos.
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