1940 ? 2010: Brief history of hybrid helicopters around ... - Eurocopter
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1940 ? 2010: Brief history of hybrid helicopters around ... - Eurocopter
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All Rights Reserved American Helicopter Society Summer 2006 vertiflite<br />
1954-1956 Jet-Gyrodyne: Fairey, Great Britain<br />
• Second prototype <strong>of</strong> the Gyrodyne modified to incorporate a rotor driven by blade tip<br />
jets (air/fuel mixture) and demonstrator for the future Rotodyne<br />
• Two 3250 hp (2300 kW) Napier Eland E.L turbo-shaft engines driving the pusher<br />
propellers and two compressors supplying compressed air to the blades.<br />
• 14.2-meter-span wing.<br />
• Maximum weight: 14,900 kg.<br />
• Maiden flight on November 6, 1957, at the hands <strong>of</strong> Ron Gellatly and John Morton.<br />
• World speed record for convertibles, reaching 167 kt on a 100 km circuit on January<br />
5, 1959.
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