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Curtiss-Bleecker SX-5-1 helicopter - photo and video
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I wonder how they kept the fuselage from spinning. I read that cute little tale they were wagging controls yaw, but I don't see how that would work very well either to stop the aforementioned spinning or to point the nose of the aircraft where the pilot wanted it to face.
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I doubt that thing ever got off the ground...
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It looks like it probably did fly, but a bit on the complicated side... accordsing to wiki...
"The aircraft featured a rotary wing design with a single engine. Each rotor, painted silver and yellow, had an individual propeller for thrust and a trailing control surface called a "stabovator" to change pitch of the rotor. The aircraft was controlled by a stick that operated like a modern helicopter collective control. Yaw was controlled with a "Spin Vane" that used downwash from the rotor to pivot the aircraft with foot pedals."
Seriously, with a device called a stabovator, how could it not work?:cool:
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Seriously, with a device called a stabovator, how could it not work?:cool:
OH sure everything would be fine until the turbo encabulator shorts out
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This fellow has had some success with the theory.
https://www.youtube.com/@amazingdiyprojects
