Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

P-6174

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

ALUMINUM; STEEL CONNECTORS; RUBBER WHEELS; SYNTHETIC SEAT; GLASS GAUGES; PLASTIC CONTROL KNOBS

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

3,6 m

Largeur

1,8 m

Hauteur

2,0 m

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Aviation

Catégorie

Aéronefs

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Bensen

Pays

United States of America

État/province

North Carolina

Ville

Raleigh

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

FLOWN IN LATE 1970'S & EARLY 1980'S

Canada

The Museum’s machine has the distinction of being the first and only gyroglider to have been inspected, approved and registered in Canada. It shares a set of interchangeable aluminum rotors with the Museum’s Bensen B8MG Gyrocopter. It was flown until the early 1980s but logged very few hours.

Fonction

RECREATIONAL FLYING; DISPLAYED AT AIR SHOWS

Technique

A number of small gyroplanes have appeared in the recreational aircraft community since the 1970s. Gyroplanes require specialized pilot training and need to be flown cautiously as the flight parameter envelope is very narrow. (The gyroplane is a rotary-wing aircraft that derives its lift from a free-wheeling rotor. See Bensen B8MG Gyrocopter). The Gyroglider two-seater was designed as a flight trainer by the Bensen Aircraft Corporation to teach the fundamentals of gyroplane control. The Museum’s example was built and modified in Toronto by Mr. Alexander Dutkewych. A small one-cylinder engine pre-rotated the Gyrogliders rotor before takeoff. Towed behind an automobile at about 45 km/h (28 mph), the machine carrying the instructor and a student-pilot would reach an altitude of approximately 30 meters (100 ft). Upon towrope release, the aircraft would descend to the ground in autorotation. Both pilots could communicate with an intercom

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

lettering on tail fin: "DUKE AIRCRAFT CORP./C-GPJE"; raised lettering above seat: "ALEX DUTKEWYCH"; engraved on plate above seat: "CO-B 1 DER:/T.J.B. ENGLAND/BENSEN B8M/SER. P-6174/MARCH 1974/C-GPJE"; raised lettering on mfr. plate above seat: "SINCE 1953/BENSEN/RALEIGH N.C. U.S.A."; lettering on maple leaf sticker above seat:"CANADA"; lettering on warning sticker above seat: "NOTICE/THIS AIRPLANE IS OPERATING/WITHOUT A CERTIFICATE/OF AIR WORTHINESS/AVIS/CET AERONEF VOLE/SANS CERTIFICAT/DE NAVIGABILITE"

Manque

S/O

Fini

GREY FRAME; BLACK SEAT, CONTROL BOX, WHEELS & COMPASS CASING; RED, WHITE & BLACK GRAPHIC DESIGNS; RED & BLACK SEAT BELTS

Décoration

STYLIZED FEATHER DESIGN ON TAIL PLANE & TAIL FIN; STRIPES ON WHEEL FENDERS & FUEL TANK; CANADIAN FLAG ON NOSE