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A multirotor [1] or multicopter is a rotorcraft with more than two lift-generating rotors. An advantage of multirotor aircraft is the simpler rotor mechanics required for flight control. An advantage of multirotor aircraft is the simpler rotor mechanics required for flight control.
The KC 518 is a composite fuselage helicopter kit for amateur construction. The airframe uses a carbon fiber and kevlar composite fuselage with a shrouded tail rotor. An auxiliary fuel system can be installed. [2]
MD Helicopters – formerly McDonnell Douglas Corp [55] Piasecki Aircraft; Piasecki Helicopter – acquired by Boeing and became Boeing Vertol [39] Revolution Helicopter Corporation (defunct) – went out of business in November 1999; Robinson Helicopter [18] RotorWay International – produces kit helicopters [28] Sikorsky Aircraft [56]
The Safari is a two-seat light helicopter with a bubble canopy, a two-bladed main rotor and a skid landing gear. The aircraft structure consists predominantly of welded 4130 chromoly steel tubing. The kit provides the main and tail rotors, rotor hubs, transmission, engine, cockpit and tailboom completed. Builder construction is largely assembly ...
A manned multirotor helicopter that was flying in the 2010s had 18 electrically powered rotors; the single seat aircraft is powered by batteries. [36] The first aerobatic manned drone, as this type of electrically powered multi-rotor helicopter is known, had 12 rotors and could carry 1-2 people. [37]
The Exec 90 was developed in the early 1990s, it was, at the time, the only piston-powered helicopter to utilize an asymmetrical airfoil for improved autorotation characteristics and safety. In 1994, a fuel injection system with electronic ignition, and FADEC was added to the Exec 90, producing the Exec 162F.
The Helicycle helicopter is the first experimental helicopter kit in mass-production to be powered by a turbine engine, the military surplus Solar T62-T32, capable of producing 150 shaft horsepower. The engine is limited to 95 horsepower due to torque limits on the main gearbox and rotor system.
The Millennium MH-1 is an American helicopter based on the now out of production Revolution Mini-500 and produced by Millennium Helicopter. The aircraft is supplied as a series of kits for amateur modification of existing Mini 500s and as a new kit to build from scratch. [1] [2]