Vought-Sikorsky VS-300

The Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 was a single-engine helicopter designed by Igor Sikorsky. It had a single three-blade rotor originally powered by a 75 horsepower engine. The first free flight of the VS-300 was on 13 May 1940. While not the first successful helicopter to fly it was the first successful helicopter in the United States and the first successful helicopter to use a single vertical tail rotor configuration for antitorque.

Vought-Sikorsky VS-300, which he designed and flew in 1940.1
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Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 (intermediate version of Sikorsky's first successful helicopter) . 4cyl; 4ACG-176; 94hp@3100rpm; 1940-1943; Wt = N/A; TC = none. Geared to N/A.3
Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter flew for the first time, although it was tethered.4

Made by Sikorsky Aircraft.

Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 is the predecessor of the Sikorsky R-4.

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Vought-Sikorsky VS-300, the first viable American helicopter, which pioneered the rotor configuration used by most helicopters today.7
Jet Or Prop
prop
Height Alt
3.05 m
Designer
Igor Sikorsky
Length Alt
8.53 m
Power Alt
67.11
Loaded Weight Main
1150.0
Max Speed Alt
3000.0
Type Of Prop
reciprocating piston engine
Successor
Sikorsky R-4
Span Main
914.4
Height Main
304.8
Span Alt
9.14 m
Plane Or Copter?
copter
Engine(prop)
Franklin
Manufacturer
Sikorsky Aircraft
First Flight
14
Loaded Weight Alt
522.0
Number Of Props
1
Variants With Their Own Articles
Sikorsky R-4
Length Main
853.44
Power Main
90 hp
Range Alt
4500.0
Related
* Sikorsky R-4
Category
Amphibious helicopters
Sikorsky aircraft
United States experimental aircraft 1940-1949
United States helicopters 1940-1949

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