Can you identify this helicopter?
 

Something tells me it might be called an Excalibur, can't think what makes me say that though.

Sure, it's the photoshop Excalibur 7.3 version of "hey, look at me, I'm wacko but I don't care" helicopter.........

looks an awful lot like a jazzed up rotorway exec with no skid gear!!! :cool:

OK ShyTorque fess up. How did your arrive at the answer so quickly? :uhoh:

Here's a question with a slightly higher level of difficulty.
Who is the well-known rotorcraft designer of this craft? :E

Dave :D

Dave, a pure guess. I think the pilot pulled it out of a stone.

The same designer of the Alfa Romeo Spider (he/she left no legroom in the backseat for any known human species, and probably used photoshop to conway his/hers absurd designs on innocent human beings).
What's so difficult about that question, since we are in la-la land anyway ?

http://unicopter.com/UniCopter_Fuel.html

1. The fuel should be centered on the rotors, therefore;

Much better reading than Harry Potter :ok:

A split second after the picture was taken, the tail rotor chopped off the horizontal stabiliser....

Isn't it the Jetson's?

:}

Word on the street is that the Excalibur has a great cruise speed and excellent fuel economy, but that the landing procedure is a tad tricky. Personally, I'm surprised they ever managed to obtain FAA approval.

http://cts322.com/db5/00416/cts322.c...l206hover1.jpg

:E

I/C

Hehehehehe.
 

Now that's funny! :ok:

Dave,

I take it you are trying to provoke reactions for a new development in the "Unicopter" saga? Mine would be that i like the concept, but would need to know more tech spec intensions. It looks a bit like a composite upgrade to the Lockheed 186, especially with the 4 blade rigid rotor. The cleverest 186 features were the gyro stabilisation (non powered preferred though - cost), and of course the retractable skids.

Oops, just realised it's a 5-blade rotor. I initially thought that fuzzy thing over the hub was "the force". Saves on crane rental... :}

Mart

Either that was really fast film or the main rotor is really slooow.

H.

Don't know about the helicopter...but that is Taf Wilson's milk barn under the rotorblades!:E

and a little more
 

Rectractable undercarriage... wow!

Must be a trick of the light but it looks like the mainwheel tyres are bigger than the bay!

Hmmm....
 

Anything to do with these guys?

http://www.excaliburaircraft.com/


Mart

Ian Corrigible - Now thats funny,

There was me thinking it was a joke or artists idea until I saw Dave's second posting!

RHM

That's a concept helicopter by Revolution Helicopters ... the makers of the Mini-500 kit Helicopter.

rzender;

You've got it. :ok:

They are designing and building two prototype for a manufacture outside the US.

That climb rate of 457 km /minute sure sounds like a lot of fun.