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The Bensen B-12 variously dubbed the Sky-Way or Sky-Mat was an unconventional VTOL aircraft developed by Igor Bensen in the United States in the late 1950s. Extremely unorthodox the design sprang from Bensen's thinking about the engine redundancy necessary to ensure the safe operation of small personal rotorcraft operating at low altitudes and slow speeds. The result was a broad aluminum framework supporting an array of ten engines and rotors that Bensen likened to a magic carpet.

The Bensen B-12, variously dubbed the Sky-Way or Sky-Mat was an unconventional VTOL aircraft developed by Igor Bensen in the United States in the late 1950s.1
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BENSEN B-12 SKY-MAT - Picture of Bensen B-12 Sky-Mat The Bensen B-12 Sky-Mat was an American VTOL aircraft first flown in 3
Look up: Bensen B-12 Sky-Mat - 1.4
Bensen B-12 Sky-Mat was of all-metal construction so as to allow permanent storage outside and was powered by ten rotors each driven by a 10 hp West-Bend 5
* Bensen B-12, a 1961 American unconventional aircraft * Brandon C.6

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The Bensen B-12 was an unconventional VTOL aircraft developed by Igor Bensen in the United States in the late 1950s.7
Bensen B-12 (Aviation Week via Ron Dupas) B-12 Sky-Way 1961 = Manned, somewhat precariously, research vehicle for possible ag operations.8
bensen b-12; piaggio pd4; siai-marchetti sv-20; fiat hiller roe-1; hiller x-18; hiller ten99; hiller fh-1100; hiller uh nc "albeille" (1946) breguet giie "gyroplane" (1949).9
And that is the Bensen B-12 Sky-Mat -with ten rotors, each powred by a 10hp.10
Pourquoi pas un BENSEN B-12 SKYMAT au 1/48ieme ! - 2 jmarc 127 le Sam 7 Jan 11
Designer
Igor Bensen
Eng 1 Type
McCulloch Mc75 go-kart engines
Ceiling Ft
20
Eng 1 Kw
7
Number Built
1
Crew
1
Rot Number
10
Manufacturer
Bensen Aircraft
Rot Dia Ft
7
First Flight
2
National Origin
USA
Met Or Eng
eng
Rot Dia In
Ceiling M
6
Eng 1 Hp
9
Eng 1 Number
10
Rot Dia M
2
Category
Bensen aircraft
United States experimental aircraft 1960-1969
VTOL aircraft

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