Bensen helicopters


Bensen "Midget" Bensen "Midget"

1953

This miniature single-seater helicopter, designed as a private venture mainly for use in the United ...

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Bensen's current range of do-it-yourself helicopters and autogyros stem from the B-5 Gyro-Glider of 1954 ...

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Bensen B-6 / B-8 "Gyro-Glider"

1954

Bensen B-6 / B-8 "Gyro-Glider"

Bensen B-8M Bensen B-8M

1955

Powered autogyro versions of the auto-kites have been developed simultaneously, the first of these being ...

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The Gyro-Boat is a further variant of the Gyro-Glider, in which the basic free-turning rotor ...

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Bensen B-8B Gyro-Boat

1956

Bensen B-8B Gyro-Boat

Bensen B-8 Gyro-Glider Bensen B-8 Gyro-Glider

1956

The Gyro-Glider is a simple unpowered rotor-kite which can be towed behind even a small ...

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A light-weight single-seater with a 60 or 70hp Mercury engine and twin 2-blade coaxial rotors ...

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Bensen B-9 "Little Zipster"

1957

Bensen B-9 "Little Zipster"

Bensen B-10 Bensen B-10

1958

The B-10 Prop-Copter VTOL aircraft was flown in prototype form (N56U) on 6 August 1958 ...

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Manned, somewhat precariously, research vehicle for possible agricultural operations. Aluminum framework with 10 McCulloch M75 ...

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Bensen B-12 "Sky-Way"

1961

Bensen B-12 "Sky-Way"

Bensen B-8MH "Hover-Gyro" Bensen B-8MH "Hover-Gyro"

1976

Demonstrated in public for the first time in 1976, this is described as a 'Hovering ...

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B-8M modification with two engines installed to spin up the rotor prior to take-off ...

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Bensen B-8 "Super Bug"

1977

Bensen B-8 "Super Bug"

Bensen B-8HD Bensen B-8HD

1979

This 1979 Gyro-Copter is based on the Super Bug design. It uses hydraulic drive to ...

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