An Update On The Amazing CarterCopter Program
How're They Doing
After the rebuild and four months into the flight program, the
CarterCopter has reached a speed of 142 mph and a Mu of .62. This
is not close to the previous best (Mu = 0.87, speet 173 kt,
Altitude 10,000) but the test program is going slowly. The machine
has achieved a rate of climb of 750 fpm at 4,000 lb (as a standard
for comparison, most gyroplanes weigh a few hundred pounds, with
only such heavyweights as the RAF 2000 and AAI Sparrowhawk breaking
1,000). This rate of climb figure was with the gear down.
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