PB-63
Role Single-seat lightweight helicopter
National origin Brazil
Manufacturer Fábrica do Galeão
Designer Paul Baumgärtl
First flight 1950s
Number built 1[1]

The Baumgärtl PB-63 was a 1950s single-seat helicopter designed and built by the Austrian-designer Paul Baumgärtl for the Brazilian Air Ministry.[2] The PB-63 was of a conventional pod and boom design with an open steel-tube construction and it had a single main rotor and a tail-mounted anti-torque rotor.[2] It had a tricycle landing gear with the pilot in an open sided cabin at the front.[3] The PB-63 was powered by an 85 hp (63 kW) Continental C85-12 flat-four piston engine.[2]

Specifications

Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft[2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Empty weight: 238 kg (525 lb)
  • Gross weight: 360 kg (794 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental C85-12 flat-four piston engine , 63 kW (85 hp)
  • Main rotor diameter: 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 114 km/h (71 mph, 62 kn)
  • Service ceiling: 2,285 m (7,500 ft)

See also

Related lists

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Pereira 1986, p. 155.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Orbis 1985, p. 499.
  3. ↑ Apostolo 1984, p. 121.

Bibliography

  • Apostolo, Giorgio. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Helicopters. New York: Bonanza Books, 1984. ISBN 0-517-439352.
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft Part Work 1982-1985). London: Orbis Publishing, 1985.
  • Pereira, Roberto. Construção Aeronáutica no Brasil 1910–1976. São Paulo: Aquarius Editora, 1986. ISBN 9788585262693.
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