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Old 26th Sep 2010, 06:14
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Dave_Jackson
 
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Thanks IFMU,

The effort and the people behind the helicopter with extremely-rigid coaxial rotors is neat.

However, for a full appreciation of the effort one must include the earlier work, before Sikorsky called it the 'Advancing Blade Concept'.

"Stanley Hiller flew the first successful American co-axial helicopter, the XH-44, in July 1944, when he was only 19 years old. It also featured the world's first successful all-metal rigid-rotor blades." Hiller X-2-235


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