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  2. Bensen B-8 - Wikipedia

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    The Bensen B-8 is a small, single-seat autogyro developed in the United States in the 1950s. 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 ...

  3. Brock KB-2 - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Bensen B-7 - Wikipedia

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    The Bensen B-7 was a small rotor kite developed by Igor Bensen in the United States in the 1950s and marketed for home building. It was a refined to be a slightly larger version of the B-6 , replacing the skids with a tricycle undercarriage, and adding a single large fin to the rear of the aircraft.

  5. Tervamäki ATE-3 - Wikipedia

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    The ATE-3 is a Bensen-style autogyro, with a fuselage of welded steel tube. [2] ( Tervamäki had spent summer 1958 as a graduate student working at Bensen's factory. [3]) It has a single seat for the pilot, behind which is the rotor mast, and a piston engine driving a pusher propeller. [2]

  6. Bensen Aircraft - Wikipedia

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    The Bensen Aircraft Corporation was established by Dr. Igor Bensen at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina in 1952 to develop and market a variety of helicopters and autogyros of Bensen's own design.

  7. Bensen B-9 - Wikipedia

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    The Bensen B-9 Little Zipster was a small helicopter developed by Igor Bensen in the United States in the 1950s and marketed for home building. Similar in general configuration to Bensen's previous rotor kite and autogyro designs, it consisted of an open aluminum framework but substituted the autorotating main rotor for a coaxial, counter-rotating system of two, two-bladed rotors.

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  9. Rotor kite - Wikipedia

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    The Bensen designs became so ubiquitous that the term "gyroglider" is sometimes used to refer to any rotor kite, regardless of manufacturer. In the 1960s, a B-8 gyroglider was evaluated by the United States Air Force as a "Discretionary Descent Vehicle", to provide a more controllable alternative than a parachute for a pilot ejecting from a ...