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Baumgartl PB 63

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Top speed
  
114 km/h

Manufacturer
  
Paul Baumgärtl

First flight
  
1950

The Baumgärtl PB-63 was a 1950s single-seat helicopter designed and built by the Austrian-designer Paul Baumgärtl for the Brazilian Air Ministry. The PB-63 was of a conventional pod and boom design with an open steel-tube construction and it had a single main rotor and a tail-mounted anti-torque rotor. It had a tricycle landing gear with the pilot in an open sided cabin at the front. The PB-63 was powered by a 85 hp (63 kW) Continental C85-12 flat-four piston engine.

Specifications

Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Main rotor diameter: 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in)
  • Empty weight: 238 kg (525 lb)
  • Gross weight: 360 kg (794 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental C85-12 flat-four piston engine, 63 kW (85 hp)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 114 km/h (71 mph)
  • Service ceiling: 2,285 m (7,500 ft)

    • References

    Baumgartl PB-63 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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