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Top speed
  
145 km/h

First flight
  
1988

Length
  
5.49 m

Manufacturer
  
American Air Jet

The American Air Jet American is an American homebuilt tip jet helicopter designed and built by American Air Jet of Woodland Park, Colorado for amateur construction from kits.

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Design and development

The American is either a tandem two-seat or single seat helicopter first flown in July 1988. It has an aluminium alloy enclosed cockpit with a twin skid landing gear and non-moving tail surfaces. The American has a twin-blade single rotor made from glassfibre and no tail rotor, on the prototype a 280 hp (209 kW) Wankel rotary engine drives a centrifugal compressor that provides air to thrust jets on the tips of the blades.

Specifications (Prototype)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1989-90

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m)
  • Main rotor diameter: 36 ft 0 in (10.97 m)
  • Height: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
  • Empty weight: 980 lb (445 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1600 lb (726 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Wankel rotary engine, 208 hp (109 kW)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 90 mph (145 km/h)
  • Cruise speed: 70 mph (113 km/h)
  • Range: 300 miles (483 km)
  • Service ceiling: 10000 ft (3050 m)

    • References

    American Air Jet American Wikipedia
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