Historical curiosity ..Heli before Wrights?

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Historical curiosity ..Heli before Wrights?

04-09-2010, 08:02 PM

This little curiosity..a steam heli that flew..and crashed due to pilot error 1902...

The Story of The Flying Steam Shovel

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04-09-2010, 09:03 PM

Well, as I have said before, I think a steam powered RC heli would be great for novelty factor.

I know one way to do it (H2O2 rocket thrust into conventional turbine heli mechanics). But what would be best is a piston and some kind of flash boiler or something.

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