H-1 Commuter Jr | |
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Role | Helicopter |
Manufacturer | Helicom |
Designer | Harold Emigh |
Introduction | 1953 |
Variants | Canadian Home Rotors Safari |
The Helicom H-1 Commuter Jr is a single or two place homebuilt helicopter. [1]
The Commuter Jr uses a welded steel tube fuselage with a small forward fairing over the nose with a windscreen. It can seat two people in side-by-side configuration. [2]
The rights to the Commuter I and II were sold to International Helicopters in 1970. Rights were sold again in 1980 with the company dissolving in 1981. The rights were purchased again in 1986 by Home Rotors Inc. [3]
One example (c/n 101, N17RS) named "Schmidt Commuter Helicom" is on display at the Planes of Fame Museum, Valle-Williams, AZ [5]
Helicom Commuter H-1B , Restored by Timothy F. Heilig in 2012 N814S was flown at EAA Sun-N-Fun in 2012 along side of the New safari model 400 helicopter.
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