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Baumgartl PB 64

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Top speed
  
130 km/h

First flight
  
1950

Length
  
4.6 m

Manufacturer
  
Paul Baumgärtl

The Baumgärtl PB-64 was a 1950s single-seat helicopter designed and built by the Austrian-designer Paul Baumgärtl for the Brazilian Air Ministry. The PB-64 had an unusual rotor drive with two lightweight pulse jets mounted on the rotor, although not on the tips of the blades which was more normal. The engines were mounted at each end of a bar, at right-angles to the main rotor which also acted as a stabilizer bar. The main structure was a simple keel with a tricycle landing gear and an open seat for the pilot and a rudder on a simple tail boom.

Specifications

Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)
  • Main rotor diameter: 6.40 m (21 ft 0 in)
  • Height: 2.30 m (7 ft 6½ in)
  • Empty weight: 110 kg (243 lb)
  • Gross weight: 225 kg (496 lb)
  • Powerplant: 2 × ITA pulse-jet, 13.6 kN (30 lbf) thrust each
  • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 130 km/h (81 mph)
  • References

    Baumgartl PB-64 Wikipedia