Did this thing actually fly?

[dabkb2]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orig-Kodachr...item35bccfb508

[BEN S]

it didnt get out there by balloon!

[NoWingsAttached]

AN IGOR BENSEN PROTOTYPE! What a wild and crazy guy he was.

[Scary Gary]

It's a Harley.

[Sita]

Originally Posted by dabkb2

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orig-Kodachr...item35bccfb508

That's a good question.
I believe there's some footage about it with a spinning rotor but I never saw a picture of it hovering.

Cita

[BUD ONEAL]

don't care about the ,what ever it is but the old fords I really like!

[Rotor Rooter]

Here is another PropCopter; Curtiss-Bleecker

Ralph Taggart also tried propellers on the blades of his Gyrobee gyrocopter.

To my knowledge this concept has never been capable of generating enough thrust for flight.

Here is a workup that was done on the concept, for anyone who is really, really interested. OTHER: Helicopter - Inside - Single Rotor - Simple Electric Ultralight


Dave

[phantom]

I know that a scale model flew but I think that the full sized skyscooter was powered with a single hub mounted engine with a shaft running to the props and it had viberation problems that proved difficult if not impossible to correct with the materials available at the time but I think that it would be possible to make a copter to lift heavy loads on little power as long as you didn't need to move very fast. I once built a 4 foot span model powered by 2 .049 cox engines and it would climb like a rocket.

Norm

[Steve McGowan]

I bet the Captain knows,, Probably flown that very one..

[buckwill]

according to flight global archives it did fly 1954 and a 2 place was being tested then pooft