Booster system for Saunders-Roe Skeeter, developed in collaboration with rocket engine manufacturers, D.Napier and Son, gives machine greatly enhanced vertical flight and climb performances, and permits operation with higher payloads in more severe climatic/altitude conditions than normally possible; if main power plant fails, booster power is always available as standby for emergency landing. (See also Am Helicopter v 45 n 2 Jan 1957 p 6-8)


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    Title :

    Rocket boosted "Skeeter" helicopter


    Additional title:

    Flight


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Flight ; 71 , n 2504


    Publication date :

    1957


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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