American Helicopter XH-26 tip jet helicopter - photo and video

[Altair]

American Helicopter XH-26 Jet Jeep experimental helicopter featuring tip jet propulsion.

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0:39 video:

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[Toolmaker51]

2 hours aloft? Ok, I'm impressed. Couldn't be more than a 20 gallon tank, and under pilot for low CG.
Has to be while a potentially less efficient power, it leaves off a heavier drive, piston or turbine motor, all the added controls. That weight eats fuel, the hardware consumes maintenance time.

[Tooler2]

2 hours aloft? Ok, I'm impressed. Couldn't be more than a 20 gallon tank, and under pilot for low CG.
Has to be while a potentially less efficient power, it leaves off a heavier drive, piston or turbine motor, all the added controls. That weight eats fuel, the hardware consumes maintenance time.

sounds like propaganda stats to me. I wonder if they relied on centrifugal force to feed the jet engines?

[Toolmaker51]

The likelihood of both is possible, propaganda & fuel supply.
In fact I forget which is harder to prove.