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"Protor" helicopter: building story
Special aviation VNS-2 steel tube airframe and composite sandwich cabin parts give "Protor" high strengh as well as cabin comfort and low noise
Both cabin panels and tail boom are made of composite sandwich using glass and carbon fibre with epoxy
Main rotor blades are composite too using one of modern but modified NACA airfoil. Blades were carefully tested at Kamov Design Bureau test jigs with excellent results
Rotary VAZ-413 152 hp engine was used for prototype
Here you can see "Protor" cabin. You certainly mention the upper cyclic control stick - this was done to simplify prototype building
Standard cyclic - dual - is finally installed
He-he...You should turn your monitor upward down to see the proper main rotor head position :)
Finally: "Protor" assembled for test runs. Well, we know your next and main question: was it flown? The answer is YES |
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Sport Rotorcraft in Russia: Gyroplanes and Helicopters e-mail This page was published on Sept.19, 2001
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