Airgeep/B-10 Propcopter/Curtiss-Wright V-7

[amorrison]

Any known of control problems/information on

1. Piasecki Airgeep

http://avia.russian.ee/vertigo/piasecki_airjeep-2-r.html

2. Benson B-10 Prop-Copter

http://avia.russian.ee/vertigo/bensen_b-10-r.html

and/or

3 Curtiss -Wright VZ-7

http://avia.russian.ee/vertigo/curtiss_vz-7-r.html

 

[GraviMan]

Probably very stable. I imagine fuel consumption was poor at best, due to limited rotor diams. Top two would either need cyclic or the ability to tilt rotors sideways. I can't see any structure (fins) to provide lateral dihedral, but rotors look to be below cg.

Mart