Helicom (Harold E.Emigh) H-2 "Commuter-Jr."

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Designed by Harold E.Emigh in 1960, the first H-2 "Commuter-Jr." was built by the
Helicopter Research Company (Helicom), which later offered plans of the design for
the price of 35,- US $. Helicom offered kits with the esssential parts for 2.700,- US $,
too. rotor diameter was 6.40 m, empty weight 272 kg, TOW 710 kg, max speed 120 km/h,
range 240 km. According to Stingrays great list, the design was still built in the 1990s-
(https://sites.google.com/site/stingrayslistofrotorcraft/helicom-commuter-h1b)
(photo and data from "Der Flieger", January 1963)
 

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Neat! Emigh is perhaps better known for his Trojan light plane. See http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=8945.0
 

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