Djuric Lala 1

[Stingray]

Homebuilt helicopter with one Wankel 115hp NSU RO80 rotary engine. Designed by Vladimir Djuric, appeared in 1985 but reportedly never flown.

Rotor diameter: 24.934ft; length: 28.215ft; height: 9.186ft.

 

[bigvlada]

hmm, never heard of the man or the project. Do you have some source I could translate?

btw. Lala is a nickname for people from Vojvodina


Lala (Lale - plural)

Domesticated name for the inhabitants of Serbia's northern autonomous province of Vojvodina, though the proper use is actually only for the residents of the Banat, Vojvodina's northeastern part, the triangle bounded by the river Tisa, mostly Hungarian and Romanian border and in the south by Danube.Lale are recognized by the characteristic speech, particularly older people, which is a blend of Serbian and modified Germanisms,Hungarisms and words borrowed from Turkish, with spicy stretching vowels in everyday speech.It is often said that Lale are too peaceful.Lale usually live in large houses made of brick or compressed caly and straw, have few windows facing the street, have a big yard which is divided into two or three parts, for cars, for livestock and poultry and far behind is the garden and orchard.Smokehouse where dried hams and pork bellies are prepared is also an integral part of the yard. Lale have salashs, small apartment buildings that are located outside the village and are in fact base for the process of growing and farming large livestock.Religion has important place in the family,all saints are celebrated in order, and neighbors, relatives and friends are invited for the celebrations, regardless of their religion and nation, and every other religious or ethnic minority does the same during their celebrations .In typical Vojvodina's village,the village is usually multi-ethnic and the churches stand facing each other or next to each other in the center. Average number of different religious objects is 8-10 per village. Weekend lunch consists of poultry or beef soup, boiled chicken meat with boiled potatoes and carrots, tomato sauce, horseradish, dill or cherries, fried meat and eventually be strudel or a sweet dough and noodles with poppy seeds, watermelon that is chilled in yard well.On work days Lale eat pastry with potatoes or cottage cheese, beans, bacon and ham.Lala always thinks that Sosa (colloquial name for Lala's wife) is the best cook in the world.Children can often be seen on the street with a big pieces of bread and grease sprinkled with red pepper and onion, or bread and black plum jam. Lale like to drink beer and brandy, but somehow most of them prefer spritzer, especially in summer when it's very hot. All in all it's not bad to be Lala.

 

[richard]

From the JANE's 1985-86 :

 

[Arjen]

The 1986-87 edition says 'It first flew in 1984, after it had been exhibited at an OUV meeting in Germany. As of January 1986 the Lala 1 had not been certificated under Experimental regulations.'
Two blade rigid main rotor of duralumin and Styrodur construction,
Welded steel tube mainframe, metal skins around cockpit and engine bay.
Performance (estimated)
Never-exceed speed 102 knots (190 km/h; 118 mph)
Range 242 nm (450 km; 279 miles)

 

[bigvlada]

Ah, gastarbeiter. No wonder I never heard of the man.