Outline of basic aerial jeep concept employing ducted-propeller principle; advantages are that thrust can be increased for same propeller diameter and power input and that shroud acts as protection to blades; details of Piasecki Model 59-K aerial jeep research vehicle; test results of full-scale ground test rig, and investigation of control reactions by use of synthetic analog methods; taxi and free flight tests; military and civil applications.


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    Title :

    Development of Piasecki "sky-car"


    Additional title:

    SAE -- Paper


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE Meeting ; 1959 Military



    Publication date :

    1959


    Size :

    17 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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