New All-Metal Helicopter Has Eighteen-Foot Wing Props (Nov, 1929)
New All-Metal Helicopter Has Eighteen-Foot Wing Props
THE “Maiden Milwaukee,” all-metal monoplane produced by the Hamilton Metalplane company of Milwaukee has been converted into an experimental helicopter by Jesse C. Johnson of Delray, Florida. Johnson provided 18-foot wing propellers for each wing, in addition to the front prop. The wing props are driven by shafts from a motor in the fuselage and are expected to cause the plane to rise and land vertically.
It also mows lawns.
Looks like Xenus’ ride!
We shouldn’t laugh at our ancestor’s attempts at VTOL.
But…
They knew F=MA. They had sliderules. They knew the weight of the
craft and had the engine performance specifications.
Do the math, people!
I’m suprised they didn’t add a racing stripe to make it go faster. Please tell me they actually tried this.
Hey, what’s wrong? Looks like an early V-22 to me!
But seriously, all the weird flying “contraptions” we see were the product of lone crackpot inventors, even if they did have a lot of money to waste. Autogyros were well known by this point, so real engineers did know the rotor area needed to support a given weight.
Methinks it’s good for Zombies.