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Nige321

2nd Aug 2021 23:21

Catching a Saturn 5 with a Hiller...

Don't laugh, it was thought about...

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....30af762f85.jpg

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But back in 1965 the company made a proposal so bold that it bordered on insane: a giant helicopter with a rotor diameter bigger than the length of a football field, capable not only of transporting a Saturn V S-1C first stage, but of actually catching it in midair as it fell on a parachute.

SASless

3rd Aug 2021 00:11

I would submit you have used the boldest example of British Understatement in history. "Bordered on the insane....."?

TURIN

3rd Aug 2021 00:17

Wow, nothing new under the sun eh? New Zealand based launcher Rocket Labs has plans to do the same with its Electron rockets.

Agile

3rd Aug 2021 03:59

If I remember the RRPM was increadibly low on those football field length blades, (~10RPM)

tartare

3rd Aug 2021 08:08

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Originally Posted by TURIN (Post 11088916)

Wow, nothing new under the sun eh? New Zealand based launcher Rocket Labs has plans to do the same with its Electron rockets.

...`cept they used a humble AS350 if I remembers correctly.

500 Fan

3rd Aug 2021 09:02

500 Fan.

sandiego89

3rd Aug 2021 13:51

What could possibly go wrong?

The small Hiller museum near San Francisco is worth a visit if you are a rotary wing fan. Some interesting stuff. Not enough for multiple visits but glad I went once.

treadigraph

3rd Aug 2021 18:37

I stumbled on the Hiller Museum at San Carlos Airport during a visit to San Francisco - it is indeed well worth a visit. I missed anything they had on the Saturn catcher!

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