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)


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    Titel :

    Westland Rotodyne


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Machy Market


    Beteiligte:
    Cotes, J.C.D. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1961


    Format / Umfang :

    3 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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