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Rotorcraft : Helicopters, Gyrocopters, and Proprotors.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hitchens, Frank.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Helicopters.
- Autogiros.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Luton, Bedfordshire : Andrews UK Ltd., 2024.
- Summary:
- This work Rotorcraft, covers the various types of rotorcraft including helicopters, gyrocopters, proprotors and tiltrotors rotors, etc, both civilian and military. The first chapter is devoted to the development of rotorcraft from the days of the first flights of helicopter pioneers such as Juan de la Cierva, Paul Corno, Harold F. Pitcairn and Igor Sikorsky, to name a few.The second chapter of Rotorcraft, covers the various types of helicopters identified by their main and anti-torque rotor systems, how helicopters and gyrocopters fly and the similarities and differences between the two types. Helicopter manufacturers from the past to the present are included. The remainder of the book details a selection of 126 individual rotorcraft types, including at least one photograph, technical performance data and a short history of the type. An Appendix of rotorcraft facts completes this work.New rotorcraft are continuously being designed and built. Several various types of rotorcraft ar.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Front Matter
- Title Page
- Publisher Information
- Rotorcraft
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- 1 – The History of Rotary Wing Development
- The Helicopter Pioneers
- The Rotorcraft Evolves
- Rotorcraft Manufacturers
- 2 – Rotorcraft Types
- 3 – The Rotorcraft Collection
- Aerospatiale SA-330 Puma
- Aerospatiale SA-341 Gazelle
- Aerospatiale SA-365 Dauphin
- AgustaWestland AW101 (EH101)
- AgustaWestland AH-1 Apache Longbow
- AgustaWestland AW109
- AgustaWestland AW139, AW149 & AW189
- AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat
- AgustaWestland AW609
- Air & Space 18
- American Helicopter Company XH-26 Jeep
- AutoGyro MT-03 Sport/Eagle & Calidus
- Autogyro Company of America AC-35
- Barnett J4B
- Bell Model 30
- Bell 47 Sioux & Kawasaki KH-4 Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 1-83791-524-5
- 1-83791-523-7
- OCLC:
- 1451806167
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