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    A tandem-rotor aircraft is an aircraft with two large helicopter rotor assemblies mounted one in front of the other in the horizontal plane. Currently...
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    A coaxial-rotor aircraft is an aircraft whose rotors are mounted one above the other on concentric shafts, with the same axis of rotation, but turning...
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    A transverse-rotor aircraft is an aircraft with two large horizontal rotor assemblies mounted side by side. Single-rotor helicopters (unicopters) need...
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    the reactions of the air on one or more rotors". Rotorcraft generally include aircraft where one or more rotors provide lift throughout the entire flight...
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  • and sale of a series of tandem rotor helicopters to the Navy. The resulting PV-3 became the world's first successful tandem rotor design. The PV-3 first...
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    Piasecki H-16 Transporter (category Tandem rotor helicopters)
    the crash of the second test aircraft led to cancelling the project. Given the company designation PV-15, the tandem-rotor helicopter was designed by company...
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    A tiltrotor is an aircraft that generates lift and propulsion by way of one or more powered rotors (sometimes called proprotors) mounted on rotating shafts...
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    McCulloch MC-4 (category Tandem rotor helicopters)
    McCulloch Model MC-4 was an American tandem-rotor helicopter and was the first helicopter developed by McCulloch Aircraft Corporation, a division of McCulloch...
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    experimental medium-lift tandem rotor cargo helicopter developed privately by Boeing to demonstrate advanced helicopter technology. The aircraft was intended as...
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    Hummingbird (1984) Kaman K-MAX (1991) Coaxial-rotor helicopter Tandem-rotor helicopter Transverse-rotor helicopter Day & McNeil; Lance Day; Ian McNeil...
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