May 28, 2008

Plywood Helicopter (Jan, 1949)

Filed under: Aviation — @ 12:38 am
Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jan, 1949
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Plywood Helicopter

THERE’S an Easter egg in the sky! But it’s the “Flying Easter Egg”—a new single-place helicopter called by that name because of the oval shape of its plywood fuselage.

Designed by Fred Landgraf, the H-2 can make 100 mph on its 85 hp Pobjoy engine. The center of gravity of the 850-pound craft lies ahead of the rotor axis, insuring greater stability.

Landgraf has stressed simplicity in his controls in order to appear to a wider public—only stick and throttle action are necessary for flight.

3 Comments »

1. Should be at least as safe and reliable as the V-22 Osprey

   Comment by Marc B. — May 28, 2008 @ 12:16 pm

2. Does anyone have additional information about this design? Might be interesting to build as a Light Sport Aircraft.

   Comment by Larry Bialecki — November 17, 2009 @ 6:44 pm

3. Larry: http://www.aviastar.org/helico.....ndgraf.php

   Didn’t catch on, but here are some patents by the inventor:

   http://www.google.com/patents?.....38;f=false
   http://www.google.com/patents?.....38;f=false
   http://www.google.com/patents?.....38;f=false
   http://www.google.com/patents?.....38;f=false

   @Marc B.: That’s funny, the people who fly it think it’s safe and reliable http://www.marinecorpstimes.co.....ey_071014/

   Comment by Firebrand38 — November 17, 2009 @ 7:10 pm

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