Early helicopter projects


Sikorsky S-1 Sikorsky S-1

1909

Igor Sikorsky's first attempt at building a helicopter. The airframe was a wire-braced woodencage, enclosing ...

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Built and tested in February to May 1910, Sikorsky's second helicopter was more sophisticatedthan the ...

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Sikorsky S-2

1910

Sikorsky S-2

Sorokin helicopter Sorokin helicopter

1909

Twin-rotor helicopter with tractor propeller. All rotors powered by single 50hp Argus engine. Construction started ...

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In the very year that Sikorsky was working on his first helicopter, Tatarinov started to ...

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Tatarinov "Aeromobile"

1909

Tatarinov "Aeromobile"

Antonov "Helicoplane" Antonov "Helicoplane"

1910

In 1907 military engineer K.A.Antonov applied for, and in 1912 obtained a patent for his ...

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Yuriev helicopter

1910

Yuriev helicopter

Yuriev helicopter Yuriev helicopter

1912

In 1911 B.N.Yuriev (then student) completed development of theoretical concept of the helicopter with single ...

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