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B-8HD Super Gyro-Copter - development of Super Bug first flown in 1979 with hydraulic drive to pre-rotate rotor rather than separate engine B-8V - B-8 powered by a Volkswagen air-cooled engine B-8W Hydro-Glider - float-equipped B-8 intended to be towed behind a boat [ 4 ]
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 ...
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
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.
The "Houston Heights" neighborhood borders are, approximately, Interstate 10 on the South, I-610 on the North, Interstate 45 on the East and Durham on the West. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates."
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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.
Data from Bumble Bee Performance and Stress Analysis General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 10 ft (3.0 m) Height: 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) Empty weight: 213 lb (97 kg) Gross weight: 500 lb (227 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 447 2-cylinder air-cooled 2-stroke in-line piston engine, 40 hp (30 kW) Main rotor diameter: 23 ft (7.0 m) Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller Performance Maximum speed: 49 ...