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Built in 1977 as a remotely piloted observation helicopter, powered by two Weslake 2-stroke 2-cylinder piston engines. The "Wideye" was a larger more sophisticated follow up to the "Wisp" with coaxial rotors of 2.30m diameter, allowing a gross weight of 125kg British Helicopter Museum
Yo | norman a male, e-mail, 27.11.2012 | reply |
i was involved in this rpv project at westland yeovil as an engineer building all three. wideye, wisp and wideye | mel bennett, e-mail, 13.08.2012 | reply |
Yes I was involved in the development of the payload carried by this helicoter and can add to the development story. Also have short video of one of its test flights. |
Nigel Frankland, e-mail, 12.01.2015 | reply |
I was one of the team that machined the "A" frame chassis' for all three rpv's |
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Do you have any comments ?
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Hello,
I am quite interested in this project, especially the sensor payload it would have carried. Would you care to elaborate your share of the story?
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