VTOL Aircraft Phillicopter

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Phillicopter
RoleLight utility helicopter
National originAustralia
ManufacturerVTOL Aircraft
First flight1971

The VTOL Aircraft Phillicopter is a 1970s Australian light utility helicopter designed and built by VTOL Aircraft of Newcastle West, New South Wales. [1]

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Design

Duan A. Phillips began work on design of a two-seat helicopter in 1962, and started to build a prototype in 1967. The prototype, the Phillicopter Mark I, was completed and first flew in 1971, powered by a single 145 hp (108 kW) Rolls-Royce Continental O-200 engine. [2] Phillips set up VTOL Aircraft Pty Ltd in 1971 to construct and develop the Phillicopter. [3] The Phillicopter was granted its Australian type certificate in 1984, [4] and the prototype was modified to represent a pre-production standard. [5]

The Phillicopter is a conventional two-seat helicopter with a two-blade rotor powered by a 180 hp (134 kW) Lycoming O-360 piston engine. [1] It has an enclosed cabin with removable doors and is fitted with dual controls. [1] The open frame fuselage has a two-blade tail rotor at the rear. [1] A 91-litre fuel tank is fitted and an optional 91-litre central tank can be fitted, although this can also be used for crop spraying chemicals rather than fuel. [1] The Phillicopter has a fixed skid type landing gear. [1]

Specifications

Data from [1] Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory

General characteristics

Performance

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Taylor 1996, p. 297
  2. Taylor 1976, pp. 8–9.
  3. Gunston 2005, p. 491.
  4. Taylor 1988, p. 7.
  5. Lambert 1993, p. 11.

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