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Cierva W.11 Air Horse

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piston engine in the fuselage drove three 47-foot-diameter (14 m) three-blade rotors mounted on outriggers which projected from the fuselage. The blades were constructed from resin-impregnated wood which provided enormous strength, and were manufactured by the Glasgow furniture firm H. Morris
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Work on the W.11 commenced in 1945. The original W.11 configuration used two rotors transversely mounted either side at the front of the fuselage and a single rotor mounted on the centreline at the tail. This configuration was tested in 1947 with a scale-model in a wind tunnel at the
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dual transverse rotor helicopter. It is the only helicopter of its type ever built and included three lifting rotors all turning in the same direction. The adoption of three rotors was due to concerns over the capability of a single large rotor to generate the required lift.
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Torque balance was provided by slightly inclining each rotor axis to generate horizontal thrust components to provide anti-torque moments. The three rotor configuration was foreseen by Belgian helicopter experimenter
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to decline to provide additional funds since the Cierva Autogiro Company required ever-increasing investment. As a result, all of the company's development contracts were transferred to
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in his patent of 1926 which presented the aforementioned means for balancing the reaction on the fuselage of two or more torque driven lifting rotors turning in the same direction.
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test pilot), and Joseph K. Unsworth (flight engineer). The cause of the crash was due to fatigue failure of a swashplate carrier driving link in the front rotor hub.
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157 imp gal (189 US gal; 710 L) in a fuselage fuel tank; oil tank 15 imp gal (18 US gal; 68 L)
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Only two aircraft were built, further development by Cierva was stopped after the crash of the first one and little work was done under
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the design was modified to meet a requirement from Pest Control, Ltd., for use as a crop sprayer ("Spraying Mantis") in Africa for the
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to assist in development. However, the exit of Cunliffe-Owen from the aircraft business in 1947 delayed development of the W.11.
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during the mid-1940s. The largest helicopter in the world at the time of its debut, the Air Horse was unusual for using three
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The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1949-50, Flight 7 April 1949
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cabin capacity 825 cubic feet (23.4 m) cabin (up to 24 passengers in production version)
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for a crop spraying helicopter, requirement was cancelled and the W.11T was not built.
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before the project was ended and the second aircraft was scrapped in 1951.
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mounted on outriggers, and driven by a single engine mounted inside the
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made its first flight on 7 December 1948 and was displayed at the
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The W.11 "Air Horse" heavy lift helicopter was developed by the
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V-12 liquid cooled piston engine, 1,620 hp (1,210 kW)
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Roles envisaged for the W.11 included passenger transport,
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95 ft 0 in (28.96 m) rear rotors tip to tip
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A proposed enlarged development using two Merlins or two
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crashed on 13 June 1950, claiming the lives of Sqn Ldr
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140 mph (230 km/h, 120 kn) at sea level
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330 mi (530 km, 290 nmi) in still air
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Index

Cierva Air Horse

Manufacturer
Cierva Autogiro Company
Cyril Pullin
Ministry of Supply
Weir W.6
helicopter
Cierva Autogiro Company
United Kingdom
rotors
fuselage
Saunders Roe
G & J Weir, Ltd.
Weir W.6
Nicolas Florine
Royal Aircraft Establishment
Farnborough
Rolls-Royce Merlin
Cierva W.9
air ambulance
1945
groundnut scheme
Air Ministry Specification
1946
Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft
Eastleigh Airport
1948
Colonial Office
Rolls-Royce Dart

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