1960s Highlights |
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In 1962, the next Slechta's design flew. It was a completly rebuilded helicopter based on the HC-2 / 102 with wider range of usage, including a conversion to an attack helicopter.


Another design group at Moravan Otrokovice designed this light training helicopter. To simplify the design and building they used some components from the HC-102 (main and tail rotor system).
The steel tube tail part was taken from the Bell 47. It used a skid landing gear.

A XZ-35 with a powerful engine and different nose section. Due high vibration the helicopter recieved a biggest main rotor (diameter 10,00m), the helicopter designation then changed to XZ-135A.



Five-seat tip-driven helicopter






A transport project with a payload of 6000 kg or 55 passengers, and a range about 1200 km. Not built (1968 )






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Two compound experimental helicopters, the 16H-1 first flew in 1962 and the larget 16H-1A flew in 1965


A rigid rotor concept prototype. Serial number N6940C


On November 26th, 1962, African American inventor, Paul E. Williams patented this helicopter (U.S. patent #3,065,933). It was a compound experimental helicopter and only 3 units were built. ( serial numbers 61-51261,61-51262 & 61-51263 ).
On June 1967 the XH-51 reaches 487 km/h


Five-seat utility commercial helicopter with rigid rotor developed from the XH-51











A remotely piloted vehicle, the Droned Anti-Submarine Helicopter (DASH) was the US Navy's sole Anti-Sub answer for the critical 50-75 mile range for close to a decade with over 700 procured.
The Gyrodyne aircraft utilized a co-axial rotor system that was fully tettering so the drone could fit on destroyer hangar deck (2 per ship)
During the Vietnam war, the QH-50 was flown from the USS New Jersey to spot for their gunnery accuracy. The Aircraft utilized night time, real time TV and infrared camera's. This set up allowed spotting without having pilots in a very hazardous environment.
This recon mission capability has not been lost and is in fact being perfected today by Dornier GmbH , utilizing 3 QH-50E 's that will be modified for manufacturing and deployment in 2000 on the new German Corvette Class destroyer
