Missing some Bensen drawings for the rotorblades

[Stephen Toor]

I have been collecting all the old Bensen stuff for a while now. I was going thru all my Bensen manuals and found the booklet on the rotorblade construction, but I can not find my drawings.

If anyone has these scanned or on paper or even a download link I would really appreciate it alot.

Stephen

[Doug Riley]

Went looking for mine. It was 2 degrees in the garage this morning, though, so the search was brief and unproductive. I will try again if it ever warms up.

[Stephen Toor]

Thanks Doug, I hope it warms up for you, I know I can not stand being cold.

[HobbyCAD]

Stephen, PM me your mailing adress, I will send you all my Bensen originals, from B-8 gyroglider, to B-8 engine conversion, VW conversion, Float conversion, and all the B-80 construction booklets I got with my stage kits (donkey years ago, 1985). I don't have any use for them any more.

[All_In]

Stephen, PM me your mailing adress, I will send you all my Bensen originals, from B-8 gyroglider, to B-8 engine conversion, VW conversion, Float conversion, and all the B-80 construction booklets I got with my stage kits (donkey years ago, 1985). I don't have any use for them any more.

Way to go Francois!!!

[OuterMarker]

as long as the talk is about a Bensen, I am starting a restoration on a early Bensen. Here is an easy question......how is the rubber made for the seat? I can't seem to find the answers in the paperwork I have. The back part of the seat had "EXPERIMENTAL" printed on some fabric, then laced to the frame. Does anyone know where I can get that item?
thanks!

[Doug Riley]

Bensen had the lace-up seat backs made, and sold them out of his catalog.

For the seat bottom, you had two choices. Bensen offered a set of ready-made bungee rings for about $30.00 (seemed like a lot at the time). You can see them in pictures of Igor's own machines. The building instructions, however, directed you to cut a series of 2" wide rubber rings by snipping crosswise through a truck-tire inner tube. They were to be stretched across the seat-bottom frame. The back two were to be doubled up.

In either case, the seat cushion itself was the familiar square floating variety that doubles as a throwable life preserver.

For a long time, Bensen disapproved of rigid bucket seats such as the Brock seat tank.

[Stephen Toor]

Stephen, PM me your mailing adress, I will send you all my Bensen originals, from B-8 gyroglider, to B-8 engine conversion, VW conversion, Float conversion, and all the B-80 construction booklets I got with my stage kits (donkey years ago, 1985). I don't have any use for them any more.



Thanks so much!!!!

[OuterMarker]

Thanks Doug......I will try to find a lace up seat back for the restoration. The seat back, when you say "doubled up" are you refering to two bands on top of each other?

[Doug Riley]

Just noticed this today -- yes, two rings, one inside the other. Most of your weight is near the back of the seat, hence the need for doubling. Really, though, the bungees make more sense and are very "authentic" (if authenticity is the goal).