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Agricultural Aircraft for the Future—The Helicopter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

J. Summerlee
J. Summerlee*
Affiliation:
BEA Experimental Unit
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Extract

The future helicopter brings to mind a vast multi-engined aircraft capable of speed in excess of 150 knots, and of payloads of 8,000 lb. or more. This is not the aircraft for agriculture.

Experience has shown that once the all-up weight of the helicopter gets beyond 3,000, 4,000 lb., its manoeuvrability is reduced to such an extent that the characteristics which make it the most ideal vehicle for aerial agriculture are lost.

Type
Uses of the Aeroplane in Agriculture
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 66 , Issue 624 , December 1962 , pp. 775 - 776
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1962

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References

1.Ripper, W. E. (1961). Review of Current Developments in Agricultural Aviation. Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, November 1961.CrossRefGoogle Scholar