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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 ...
Bensen B-5: 1953 Rotor kite Bensen B-6: 1953 Rotor kite Bensen B-7: 1955 Rotor kite Bensen B-8: 1955 Autogyro Bensen B-9: 1958 Helicopter Bensen B-10: 1958 1 Experimental VTOL aircraft Bensen B-11: Autogyro [1] Bensen B-12: 1961 1 Experimental VTOL aircraft Bensen B-13: 1963 [1] Bensen Mid-Jet: 1953 1 Experimental helicopter Bensen X-25: 1968 2 ...
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.
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 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]
The Air & Space 18A is a gyroplane that was manufactured in the central United States between 1965 and 2000.. The Air & Space 18A is one of the last three gyroplanes issued a Standard Airworthiness Certificate (September 1961) by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Bensen Aircraft Company (defunct) [10] Boeing Rotorcraft Systems (formerly Boeing Helicopters & Boeing-Vertol) [45] Brantly International [20] – all manufacturing is done in Qingdao, China [46] Campbell Aircraft Company (defunct) [10] Carter Aviation Technologies [47] Cessna [48] Columbia Helicopters; Curtiss-Wright [21] Doman Helicopters [4]
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.