Just saw a blatantly incorrect headline

"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn) 05/09/2014 at 11:22 • Filed to: PLANELOPNIK

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One of the industry newsletter type things just showed up in my inbox with a blatantly incorrect headline. They are claiming that a Belgium based !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Sorry guys, but there are a ton of no tail rotor helicopters that have been flying since the 40's. The Kaman K-125 first flew in January 1947 if Wikipedia is to be believed. After the K-125 and successors, we've got the MD520N that first flew in 1989 and was certified in 1991. Beside that there is the Kamov Hokum, the Chinook, I believe every other Kaman... You think they would do 30 seconds of research before publishing something so blatantly incorrect.

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user314 > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 05/09/2014 at 11:41

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Just because I love it, the HH-43:

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > user314 05/09/2014 at 11:49

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Kamans are just interesting. The meshing main rotors kind of freaks me out but it intrigues me at the same time.

user314 > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 05/09/2014 at 11:56

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Yeah, I credit the Cobra Mamba I got as a kid for my love of synchropters.

ly2v8-Brian > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 05/09/2014 at 13:15

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How about a Gyroplane? They aren't necessarily VTOL but they are STOL, have a rotor on top and a propeller at the front, and no tail rotor. But I'm no aircraft expert.

Viggen > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 05/09/2014 at 13:56

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Good call on the Chinook, since our aircraft, along with the CH-46, have two main rotors.

user314 > ly2v8-Brian 05/09/2014 at 13:57

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The first helicopters (none of which had a tail rotor) predate the autogyro by about twenty years. Still, you're right, they're rotorcraft without tail rotors.

ly2v8-Brian > user314 05/09/2014 at 14:15

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Thanks for the info.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > user314 05/09/2014 at 15:04

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For some reason I think one of those painted yellow with a smiley face on the front would look hilarious.

user314 > BaconSandwich is tasty. 05/09/2014 at 15:30

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Well, the Army did have a Square Dance team featuring four H-19s through 1961:

And then there was the OH-6 "Bozo the Clown"

BaconSandwich is tasty. > user314 05/09/2014 at 20:46

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Hah! Hilarious!