helicopter

KT-1 is the newest helicopter project by Mr Richard (Dick) DeGraw. But it is not just any helicopter. Dick DeGraw built several experimental rotorcraft since the 1980s. Most known are his synchrocopter called Hummingbird and jump-take-off gyros like Gyrhino, Debird 2 and Rhino 2.2. A common...

Hello again everyone. The Shed City Metroport (heavily based on this:) ...is nearing completion. Have some screenshots of progress.

Any 4 rotor helicopter that are not Bell V-44 quad tilt rotor ? Imagine a double Mil V-12.

I thought I'd post about this sense nobody has. Guns: 20 mm M197 electric cannon Rockets: Hydra 70 Missiles: Type 91 Kai air-to-air missiles (SAM-2B), Type 96 multi-purpose missile system (MPMS, ATM-4) Hardpoints: 4× hardpoints under stub wings Dimensions: ~13.2 m length, ~3.8 m height, 12.4 m...

I'm putting this here as I think this is the most appropriate place for this, if anyone thinks otherwise please move this to the correct place. Emerging Civil War: The Helicopter Designed by A Union Chief Engineer As with many pre-internal combustion designs the issue was the weight of the...

The complete history of early helicopters

Hi friends, Check out this free online calculator: https://rotorcraft.info/fe/hoverestimator

As some of you will know I inhabit a version of the 1970s where all my favourite stuff entered service. One of these is the AH56 Cheyenne helicopter. This machine looks futuristic even half a century later.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/faa-investigating-after-two-washington-flights-aborted-landings-due-nearby-2025-05-02/ Here we go again. Regards,

And so their revenge begins. Unsecured penguin caused helicopter crash in South Africa https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5xx036p4vo

https://abcnews.go.com/US/helicopter-crashes-hudson-river-new-york-city/story?id=120691975#:~:text=All%20six%20people%20on%20board,according%20to%20law%20enforcement%20sources. Regards,

The world-famous RKIIGA (Riga Red Banner Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers) will celebrate its 106th anniversary in May 2025. Its history started in 1919 when the School of Aviation Mechanics was opened in Kyiv, which later continued its work in Riga. The institute changed names several...

In 1940 Austrian inventor Paul Baumgärtl created the world's first backpack helicopter, the Heliofly. The first design (Heliofly I) was essentially designed as a parachute, which would allow soldiers to descend from mountains and hills (and potentially engage in combat while flying). It weighed...

Greetings from Dallas as here for Verticon 2025 (formerly Heli Expo for several decades) organised by the Vertical Aviation International (formerly Helicopter Association International) so privileged to be invited by Robinson Helicopter to see their revolutionary new R88. As a first it carries...

Hi my friends! Quite recently one of the this forum users (@StriX) poked me and in effect triggered me to follow what I have on my mind for w while: to compile a publication on a Masquito helicopters. As you may know - there is two members to the family - the M58 and the M80, but in total the...

Hi friends. A new helicopter is here - the NR550 Freighter. It is a single-seat coaxial helicopter designed by the team which previously was involved in development of other coaxial helicopters in Germany. The main person behind it is Mr Vitali Brandt (original spelling). Project is based in...

American Eagle Flight 5342, a CRJ-700, has collided with a US Army Blackhawk out of Fort Belvoir near Reagan International Airport in D.C. Current reports say both the helicopter, and the two halves of the CRJ, are in the Potomac River. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cy7kxx74yxlt

Hi. Today I encountered facebook post showing high-school trip to the TESI company in Italy. Among pictures supplementing this post are couple showing a helicopter. Description mentions that it is a prototype located in its R&D department and is undergoing "certification". Here is a picture of...

RFP Kicks Off USAF Combat Rescue Helo Posted by Graham Warwick 7:22 AM on Oct 23, 2012 Source: http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a02eaab0a-317e-4b98-8774-bc1faedaf2ea No...