And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I have seen it at Ft. Rucker. It is not complex but a very simple design. The problem with them is power to weight ratio. Much like a Robinson R-22 today, it is built very.....light weight. With the twin rotor system it could not lift as well as the Bell 47H model. It was found to be not useful for Army purposes.
If you upgrade the engine, you run into the problem of the drive system hp rating already maxed out. Upgrade that, and you start pushing weight limits again. Cute looking aircraft.
McCulloch MC-4
ReplyDeleteThank you for the ID. To me, it has a Piasecki look.
DeleteToo complex for a small chopper.
ReplyDeleteI'll get to it as soon as I finish my concrete backyard inground pool and get the bomb shelter planted.
ReplyDeleteDouble trouble.
ReplyDeleteI have seen it at Ft. Rucker. It is not complex but a very simple design. The problem with them is power to weight ratio. Much like a Robinson R-22 today, it is built very.....light weight. With the twin rotor system it could not lift as well as the Bell 47H model. It was found to be not useful for Army purposes.
ReplyDeletei wonder what kind of crazy stuff is going about 8 inches above his head
ReplyDeleteWouldn't get in that thing on a bet.
ReplyDeleteThis pic should be on the cover of Unsafe At Any Speed.
If you upgrade the engine, you run into the problem of the drive system hp rating already maxed out. Upgrade that, and you start pushing weight limits again.
ReplyDeleteCute looking aircraft.