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The first modern stable helicopter to perform all the roles a modern helicopter can perform was the German Flettner FL 265. It first flew in 1939 and had an enclosed canopy, undercarriage, synchropter rotor configuration that had zero torque problems, was easy to fly, could perform air sea rescue and take off and land from ships at sea, could take off, hover, fly forwards, backwards, sideways and was the first modern helicopter to transition from forward flight into autorotation and back again. Later helicopters based on it's configuration include the world first production helicopter, the Flettner Fl 282, the American Karman Huskie and Karman K-max heavy lift chopper. The Flettner demonstrated all these abilities before Sikorsky first flew his less stable and more primitive Vs-300 The Fl 265 was not the first successful helicopter however and earlier craft performed well such as the FW-61 famous for flying indoors in front of crowds and setting distance and altitude records, and earlier craft such as the single main rotorFlettner Fl 185, French Dorand Breuget etc all were capable of vertical take off and hover. http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=64fgG2CnHn0 http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/flettner-265.php http://www.aviastar.org/foto/gallery/flettner/flettner_kolibri_3.jpg
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Who constructed the first modern helicopter?
Igor Sikorski constructed the first successful modern helicopter
Who made the frist helicopter?
Paul Cornu invented the first helicopter. It was very different from modern helicopters, though.
Where was the first modern helicopter built?
In Stratford, Connecticutt
How was the helicopter invented?
In 1907 Paul Cornu was experimenting with a vertical lift rotor blade system and performed the first VTOL (vertical take off and landing) flight, thus inventing the first helicopter. The helicopter was initially an idea by Leonardo Da Vinci. he developed an ornithocopter which set the basis for the structure of the modern Helicopter
The father of the modern helicopter was?
Unknown
When was the first modern helicopter invented?
The very first piloted helicopter was invented by Paul Cornu in 1907, but this design didn't work. Later, a Frenchman Etienne Oehmichen built and flew a helicopter 1 km in 1924. An earlier practical helicopter that flew for a decent amount of space was the "German Focke-Wulf Fw 61."
When was the first helicopter made?
The first helicopter was made in 1909.
When was the first helicopter flown?
1912 was when the first helicopter flown
When was the first thought of the helicopter?
the first thought of the helicopter was in 1787
Who was the father of the modern helicopter?
Igor Sikorsky
Who invented the modern helicopter?
igor sikorsky
Who discovered modern helicopter?
Nobody, they built it
