Tag Archives: autogiro

Pitcairn Model PA-33

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Pitcairn Autogiro Company, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
• President: Harold F. Pitcairn. Vice- president: James G. Ray. Chief Engineer Agnew E. Larsen.
TW0-place open direct control autogiro.
Wright Whirlwind R-975E engine, 420 horsepower at 2150 revolutions per minute. Diameter of rotor 46 feet 2 inches. Length overall 21 feet 10 inches. Height overall 11 [...]

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Gyroplane XOZ-1

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

A Wilford Gyroplane looks like an Autogiro but differs in that its rotor blades are controllable from the cockpit, and rigid save for a feathering motion. The idea behind this craft was a scheme for feathering the pitch of the blades rotating round the hub instead of the blade flapping system which La Cierva [...]

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Kellett KD-1

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Kellett Autogiro Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• President and Sales Manager: W. Wallace Kellett. Vice-president: C. T. Ludington. General Manager: R. G. Kellett. Chief Engineer: R. H. Prewitt.
Two-place wingless direct control autogiro. Jacobs L-4 engine, 225 horsepower. Rotor diameter 40 feet. Length overall (blades folded) 20 feet 6.5 inches.

Height overall (blades folded) 10 [...]

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