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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]
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 Revolution Mini-500 is a 1990s American single-seat light helicopter, designed and built by Revolution Helicopter Corporation as a kit for homebuilding. [2] Revolution Helicopter went out of business in November 1999 and kits are no longer available. [1] [3]
Derived from an original design by B.J. Schramm, the Schramm Javelin evolved into the Schramm Scorpion, both of which were developed by the Schramm Aircraft Company.A new company, RotorWay Aircraft Inc., was formed to market and produce plans and kits for the Scorpion, described as a production version of the earlier Javelin. [1]
The Javelin used a 40 hp (30 kW) motorcycle engine, and was the forerunner of RotorWay's first production helicopter, the Scorpion, which was offered in 1967. [6] The Scorpion, priced at $6,300 (not including the cost of the engine), was the first real kit helicopter on the market that flew.
The MH-1 was originally provided as a series of kits to upgrade old Mini-500 airframes, allowing the owner to modify them to MH-1 standards. The kits include a new Yamaha engine of 130 hp (97 kW), that replaces the Mini-500's 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582, plus a new mount for the Yamaha engine. The remaining kits cover modifications to the main ...
Safari Kit Helicopter at Sun-N-Fun 2013 Safari 500. Safari Helicopter is an American kit aircraft manufacturer located in Hendersonville, Tennessee.. The company was originally known as Canadian Home Rotors and then Safari Helicopter and was founded in Ear Falls, Ontario, Canada.
The RotorWay A600 Talon is an American helicopter, designed and produced by RotorWay International of Chandler, Arizona. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction. [1] By April 2017 the company seemed to have dropped the name Talon, referring to the aircraft just as the A600. [2]