Pitcairn projects

[hesham]

Hi,


from the member [font=verdana, sans-serif]Joncarrfarrelly[/font] and from that beautiful site;


http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php?topic=32392.45


Pitcairn projects;


-Pitcairn SGTA-3 (Submerged Gas Turbine Autogiro)
-SGTA-5 autogiro
-CFA-3 (Cruise Fan Autigiro) Gyrodyne
-CFA-4 autogiro

 

[Sundog]

Was the SGTA5 for the navy? As it appears to have a telescoping rotor. I'm thinking that's for stowage and not for flight, but I don't have any details to know for sure. Thanks for posting these, as I'm a fan of gyrocopters.

 

[Stargazer]

Found in the November 1945 issue of FLYING, a wartime design by the Autogiro Company of America (Pitcairn) that was patented in 1945 (it would have been best in a thread about early Pitcairn designs, but we don't have one so far).

This unknown design followed the side-by-side tandem arrangement of the Foche-Achelis Fa 223, the Platt-Lepage XR-1 and the McDonnell XHJD-1.

 

[hesham]

Great find my dear Skyblazer.