Rotorcraft
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A rotary-wing aircraft, rotorwing aircraft or rotorcraft is a heavier-than-air aircraft with rotary wings that spin around a vertical mast to generate lift. The assembly of several rotor blades mounte
A Bell 47 helicopter, an early example of a powered rotorcraft
A Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter
A Magni M-16 Tandem Trainer autogyro
A Fairey Rotodyne prototype gyrodyne
Autogyro
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An autogyro, gyroplane or gyrocopter, is a class of rotorcraft that uses an unpowered rotor in free autorotation to develop lift. A gyroplane "means a rotorcraft whose rotors are not engine-driven, ex
Rotorcraft
…referred to as a rotor. Rotorcraft generally include aircraft where one or more rotors provide lift throughout the entire flight, such as helicopters, gyroplanes, autogyros, and gyrodynes. Compound rotorcraft augment the rotor with additional thrust engines, propellers, or static lifting surfaces. Some types…
The AutoGyro Calidus, a modern, closed-cabin, pusher-propeller autogyro in flight
The rotor head, pre-rotator shaft, and Subaru engine configuration on a VPM M-16 autogyro
Russian Gyroplanes Gyros-2 Smartflier
Montgomerie Merlin single-seat autogyro