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Although the original manufacturer stopped production in 1987, plans for homebuilders are still available as of 2019. [ needs update ] Its design was a refinement of the Bensen B-7 , and like that aircraft, the B-8 was initially built as an unpowered rotor-kite .
The basic gyro-glider B-7B Gyro-boat A Gyro-glider mounted on a standard sailing dinghy hull. B-7W Hydro-glider The B-7W "Hydroglider" was a gyrocopter designed to be towed from a motorboat at 10-20 mph. The B-7W was tested at Cypress Gardens Florida in 1955. It was marketed to be a sport vehicle, with practical uses in fish or submarine spotting.
Model name First flight Number built Type Bensen B-5: 1953 Rotor kite Bensen B-6: 1953 Rotor kite Bensen B-7: 1955 Rotor kite Bensen B-8: 1955 Autogyro
Data from EAA General characteristics Capacity: 1 Empty weight: 240 lb (109 kg) Gross weight: 600 lb (272 kg) Powerplant: 1 × McCulloch 4318, 90 hp (67 kW) Main rotor diameter: 2 × 12 ft (3.7 m) Performance Cruise speed: 61 kn (70 mph, 110 km/h) Range: 520 nmi (600 mi, 970 km) Rate of climb: 1,900 ft/min (9.7 m/s) See also Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Bensen B-8 ...
The Bensen B-5 was a small rotor kite developed by Igor Bensen in the United States and offered and marketed for home building in 1954. [1] Dubbed the "Gyro-Glider", it was the first of several such designs that would be sold by Bensen Aircraft Corporation over the following decades.
The Bensen B-6 is a small rotor kite developed by Igor Bensen in the United States in the early 1950s and marketed for home building. It was a minimalist design based on Bensen's B-5 and consisting of little more than a seat mounted on wooden skids and with a two-blade rotor mounted on a tubular framework above it.
Magni M-16 Tandem Trainer Magni M-24 Orion Magni M-14 Scout. Vittorio Magni was born in 1938 and started work in the rotorcraft industry in 1956 at Agusta.In 1967 he purchased plans for the Igor Bensen-designed B-8 autogyro and it became the first one flying in Italy.
Bensen flew his first towed gyroglider in 1954. [1] He founded the Popular Rotorcraft Association (PRA) [2] in 1962, a non-profit interest group for owners and homebuilders of autogyros and helicopters, based in Mentone, Indiana.