Construction, development and maintenance of vertical takeoff airliner produced by Westland Aircraft, Ltd; it can operate from small sites and has cruising speed of 200 mph; Rotodyne has capabilities both of helicopter and fixed wing aircraft, as rotor powered by pressure jets at blade tips and fixed wing with forward facing propellers are provided; prototype is powered by two Napier Eland engines each of 2800 shp, and has been flying at weights up to 38,000 lb. (See also - n 3149 Mar 30 p 24-6, n 3150 Mar 23 1961 p 22-24)
Westland Rotodyne
Machy Market
Machinery Market ; n 3151
1961
3 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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