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Helicopters
A helicopter is an aircraft which is propelled and lifted in the air by one or more large horizontal rotors. Focke-Wulf Fw 61 was the first operational helicopter manufactured by Focke-Achgelis in 1936.
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What comany made the helicopter first?
On 14 September,1939, VS-300 the first helicoptor took flight.
It was desgined by Igor Sikorsky and built by the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division of the United Aircraft Corporation.
Are there helicopters that do not make noise?
Not really.
There are helicopters the reduce noice significantly but all helicopters make some noise. largely due to their engines. This is esspecially the case if they are powered by turbine engines.
The blades that cut through the air also make some noise
There was a helicopter that was built during Vietnam that made very little noise due to extensive modifications. It was called the OH-6 "Loach."
It was used for special ops missions
see this link http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/16047922.HTML
What makes a helicopter tailspin?
What do you mean by tail spin?
How the blades turn? How the back of the helicopter turns?
What is the record for the maximum number of main rotor blades in a helicopter?
I can't answer what the record number of main rotor blades is but these three helicopters are the some of the largest helo's in the world and the last has 10 main rotor blades although it has no tail rotor so it depends on your definition of main rotor I guess.
Sikorsky S-64 Sky crane - Has 7 main rotor blades
Mil Mi-26 - Has 8 main rotor blades
Mil Mi-12 - Has 10 main rotor blades - was only really a prototype.
Was the helicopter invented in russia?
The very first piloted helicopter was invented by Paul Cornu in 1907, however, this design was not successful. French inventor, Etienne Oehmichen built and flew a helicopter one kilometer in 1924. Another early helicopter that flew for a decent distance was the German Focke-Wulf Fw 61, invented by an unknown inventor.
Igor SikorskyIgor Sikorsky is considered to be the "father" of helicopters not because he invented the first. He is called that because he invented the first successful helicopter, upon which further designs were based.One of aviation's greatest designers, Russian born Igor Sikorsky began work on helicopters as early as 1910. By 1940, Igor Sikorsky's successful VS-300 had become the model for all modern single-rotor helicopters. He also designed and built the first military helicopter, XR-4, which he delivered to Colonel Franklin Gregory of the U.S. Army.
Igor Sikorsky's helicopters had the control to fly safely forwards and backwards, up and down, and sideways. In 1958, Igor Sikorsky's rotorcraft company made the world's first helicopter that had a boat hull and could land and takeoff from water. It could also float on the water.
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No, the helicopter was developed gradually in many countries.
In 1932 Boris N. Yuriev and Alexei M. Cheremukhin, from Russia, built and flew the TsAGI 1-EA single rotor helicopter up to an altitude of 605 meters (1,985 ft).
Other people had flown before that but this was the highest flight so far.
Igor Sikorsky (who was Russian but who emigrated to America) built a helicopter in the US that reached full-scale production in 1942 (131 aircraft built). His design of one main rotor and a small tail rotor became the standard.
Most mass produced helicopter in history?
To date, Mil mi-8 is the most mass produced helicopter. Numbering at around 17,000.
How large is the H on a helipad?
As big as necessary to be visible form a typical approach altitude. Normally about the size of the helicopter(s) expected there is enough.
What is a helicopter runway called?
Helicopters can land on a normal runway although they don't always have to touch the ground, a helipad is specifically designed for a helicopter.
How much does a helicopter rotor weigh?
It depends on the materials used as well as the size of the rotors.
What does the Apache helicopter weigh?
The Apache AH-64's empty weight is 5165 kilograms; its loaded weight is 8000 kilograms. Its maximum takeoff weight is 10433 kilograms. All variants apparently have the same weights.
How fast can the Apache helicopter fly?
It depends on which Apache version: AH-64A=265 mph;AH-64D=295 mph
Why is there a grey unmarked helicopter flying in circles over Pacific Beach CA?
This may be for any of a number of reasons. Maybe someone in your area has purchased the helicopter and is taking lessons in it. It might be taking aerial photographs or doing aerial land surveys. Perhaps a local charter operation is giving sightseeing flights. If its flying over ocean, it may be tracking an ELT signal from a lost boat or aircraft. It could be collecting oceanographic or atmospheric data for a study or something. Since helicopters are such useful observation platforms they are used for hundreds of purposes.
If you like, get out your binoculars and get the tail number. Punch the tail number into google & the FAA will tell you who owns it.
What kind of engine do helicopters use?
Helicopters can be equipped with either reciprocating (piston) engines or turbine (jet) engines. There is no reason to suspect that advances in electric batteries or hybrid engines will not permit electic motors from powering helicopters in the future as is already done with some small (model) helicopters now.
Is the apache helicopter better than the cobra gunship?
In the opinion of users of the Apache and the SuperCobra, each of their aircraft is better -for their use. Like most weapons, all have their good points and bad points. I have no doubt that the British Army and US Army would claim their Apaches to be better attack helicopters. -However, to use an old American saying - "Tell that to the Marines" . -The US Marine Corps has long been an exponent of helicopter use and have chosen to develop Bell's Cobra into a superb Attack helicopter, the new AH-1 Z Viper. They call this the 'Zulu Cobra' and in fact it is based on Sea Cobra but has many incredible improvements including a new 4 blade rotor. For various reasons they claim the 'Zulu Cobra' to be as good or better than the Apache. - I wold strongle encourage you to look up specs of both these excellent aircraft on Google and see for yourself. - I'm going with the Marines opinion.
How do you defeat the big helicopter in bionic commando?
Its simple just follow these steps:
1) use the weapon supplied
2) go to high point
3) zoom in using the weapon and keep holding the fire button in zoom mode(press and hold left mouse button). You will see 3 circles around the center point.
4) now aim the Buraq helicopter until the 3 circles gets locked on to the target.
5) press fire to fire the weapon. The missiles will hit the target.
6) Polycrafts will appears in the middle. Destroy them using the same method. It is important to destroy all the Polycrafts first and then get back to the Helicopter.
Are helicopters in general called hueys?
Not really. The phrase "huey" actually refers to the Bell "Huey" family of helicopters based around the UH-1 and AH line of helicopters. At some points in military history, these helicopters were so widely used by American armed forces that some came to use the phrase for all helicopters in general, even though this is not necessarily the correct usage.
Helicopters tilt to offset the direction of their lift in order to initiate movement in that direction.
A helicopter pilot can tip the helicopter forward to get a little forward motion, and then tip the helicopter back to stop or even reverse. Likewise, the pilot can make the helicopter "slew" left or right by tilting the helicopter left or right.
Which is faster Chinook helicopter or a black hawk helicopter?
The Black Hawk is faster. Black Hawk is about 220 mph, while the Chinook is about 190.
But, I have ridden in Ch47 Chinooks with a full complement of Marines, that had to slow down for the Black Hawk and Cobras to keep up.
They are different aircraft for different jobs.
All great aircraft.
