Fairey Rotodyne
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Original source: In conventional flight mode.
Author: Les Chatfield from Brighton, England

The Fairey Rotodyne was a 1950s British compound gyroplane designed and built by Fairey Aviation and intended for commercial and military applications. A development of the earlier Gyrodyne which had established a world helicopter speed record the Rotodyne featured a tip-jet-powered rotor that burned a mixture of fuel and compressed air bled from two wing-mounted Napier Eland turboprops.

The Fairey Rotodyne (built in Hayes)...1
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The Fairey Rotodyne is described in a company brochure as the world's "first vertical take-off airliner in the world," though judging by its appearance it resembles a helicopter 3
The Fairey Rotodyne was a 44 passenger gyrodyne, which used rotorblade “tip jets” to power its rotor, giving it VTOL capabilities, and allowing it to hover.4
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The Fairey Rotodyne is another favorite of mine... Sometimes this aircraft is refrerred to as a gyrodyne or gyroplane.9
The Fairey Rotodyne was a compound autogyro or gyrodyne.10
Fairey Rotodyne prototype flew for the first time in november 1957 and was to be shown three years later at the Farnborough Air Show.11
The Fairey Rotodyne was a British large transport helicopter capable of carrying up to 70 passengers or 8172 kg of freight first flown as a prototype in 1957, 12

Made by Fairey Aviation Company.

It is the successor of the Fairey Jet Gyrodyne .

of the ill-fated Fairey Rotodyne, cancelled in 1962. An aircraft of this sort can take off and land vertically, using helicopter rotors spun by jets at the tips of the blades.13
The Fairey Rotodyne originated from an idea for a large compound helicopter by Dr. J. A. J. Bennett and Capt. A. G.14
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Fairey Rotodyne, with imagery envisioning conversions of twin-turboprop light cargolifters or even a Lockheed-Martin C-130 Hercules four-turboprop cargolifter, named the "Monsoon", to be used for firefighting.20
I think the full size Fairey Rotodyne was a true autogyro when in forward flight, the tip thrusters being used for take off & landings only.21
The Fairey Rotodyne was a compound helicopter of unprecedented size at the time of it's first flight on 6 Nov.22
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success in the Fairey Jet Gyrodyne of 1955 and the Fairey Rotodyne in 1957. The Rotodyne was an entirely sound design with two wing mounted Napier Eland turbo-props, mounted on stub wings, for forward flight.24
Jet Or Prop
both
Align
right
Height Alt
6.76 m
Predecessor
Fairey Jet Gyrodyne
Engine(jet)
rotor tip jet
Length Alt
17.9 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
38000.0
Thrust Main
4453.0
Power Alt
2100.0
Lists
* List of rotorcraft* List of VTOL aircraft
Range Main
520 mi
Loaded Weight Main
33000.0
Max Speed Alt
343.0
Type Of Prop
turboprops
Loading Main
5
Power/mass Main
612.0000000000001
Developed From
Fairey Jet Gyrodyne
Power/mass Alt
280
Capacity
48
Max Speed Main
213 mph
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
17000.0
Number Built
1
Crew
2
See Also
* Gyrodyne
Area Main
6360.0
Span Alt
27.4 m
Plane Or Copter?
Engine(prop)
Napier Eland
Manufacturer
Status
First Flight
6
Number Of Jets
4
National Origin
United Kingdom
Loaded Weight Alt
15000.0
Power Main
2
800 hp
Image
Cutaway drawing of Rotodyne
Number Of Props
2
Type of jet
Length Main
1788.1599999999999
Span Main
2743.2
Area Alt
591 m²
Range Alt
830.0
Similar Aircraft
* McDonnell XV-1* Mil Mi-12* Kamov Ka-22* Hiller Hornet* Eurocopter X3
Related
* Fairey FB-1 Gyrodyne* Fairey Jet Gyrodyne
Height Main
675.6400000000001
Category
Loading Alt
25

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