Agusta A118 compound helicopter project

[ando]

I found info about the A118 compound helicopter project (circa 1960) in a book (in Italian) on history of Italian contributions to mechanical engineering, with an interesting chapter devoted to helicopters. Further material, including the real blueprints, should be available at the museum of Agusta, right outside the main historical plant at Cascina Costa di Samarate (VA), Italy, in what used to be count Agusta's villa. It presents substantial similarities with the Kamov Ka-22 Vintokryl, which flew at about the same time, and had comparable size.

 

[hesham]

Welcome aboard Ando,

and maybe that is the source ?;

1945-1960 I trasporti aerei in Italia dalla guerra all'era del getto - di Paolo GIANVANNI - Edizioni

 

[ando]

Thanks, Hesham.

Well, not exactly. I think that design is slightly later, 1961 or 1962, but it might well be in there as well. I got it from a very recent book, "STORIA DELLA MECCANICA",
a cura di Virginio Cantoni, 2014. There's a chapter, "L’evoluzione della tecnologia dell’ala rotante e il contributo di Agusta Westland", by Roberto Garberi, who at the time was the curator of the Agusta museum.

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[Quickstrike]

I’m having a hard time reading the dimensions on those drawings, does anyone know the size of this helicopter? Similar to Ka-22 is useful but I was curious about the exact dimensions.

 

[hesham]

Well, not exactly. I think that design is slightly later, 1961 or 1962, but it might well be in there as well. I got it from a very recent book, "STORIA DELLA MECCANICA"

I think that,he meant this one,

https://www.paviauniversitypress.it/catalogo/storia-della-meccanica/317