Baumgartl PB-63

PB-63
Role Single-seat lightweight helicopter
National origin Brazil
Manufacturer Paul Baumgärtl
Designer Paul Baumgärtl
First flight 1950s




The Baumgärtl PB-63 was a 1950s single-seat helicopter designed and built by the Austrian-designer Paul Baumgärtl for the Brazilian Air Ministry.[1] The PB-63 was of a conventional pod and boom design with an open steel-tube construction and it had a single main rotor and a tail-mounted anti-torque rotor.[1] It had a tricycle landing gear with the pilot in an open sided cabin at the front.[2] The PB-63 was powered by a 85 hp (63 kW) Continental C85-12 flat-four piston engine.[1]

Specifications

Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft[1]

General characteristics

Performance

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Related lists

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Orbis 1985, p. 499.
  2. Apostolo 1984, p. 121.

Bibliography

  • Apostolo, Giorgio. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Helicopters. New York: Bonanza Books, 1984. ISBN 0-517-439352.
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft Part Work 1982-1985). London: Orbis Publishing, 1985.
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