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Hiller Aircraft Co. Hornet


This HFI model is part of the world's largest public display of scale model helicopters. It was built by HFI curator, John Slattery.

Aircraft Specifications
First Flight:
 1950
Main Rotor:
 23 ft.
Engine:
 2 x 35 shp Hiller 8RJ (RamJets)
Max Speed:
 70 mph
Height:
 6 ft., 8in.
Length:
 12 ft., 8 in.
Gross Weight:
 900 lbs.
Empty Weight:
 340 lbs.

About the Aircraft: This was a two-seat ramjet-powered helicopter. The U.S. Army's designation was YH-32, and the U.S. Navy's HOE-1.

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Hiller Aircraft Co. Hornet



This HFI model is part of the world's largest public display of scale model helicopters. It was built to 1/50 scale.

Aircraft Specifications
First Flight:
 1950
Main Rotor:
 23 ft.
Engine:
 2 x 35 shp Hiller 8RJ (RamJets)
Max Speed:
 70 mph
Height:
 6 ft., 8in.
Length:
 12 ft., 8 in.
Gross Weight:
 900 lbs.
Empty Weight:
 340 lbs.

About the Aircraft: This two-seat helicopter was the first ram-jet helicopter developed by Hiller. Each tip of the two-bladed rotor had a ram-jet engine weighing 11 lbs. which could not start working until the rotor was turning at 150 mph. Three different prototypes were built: one completely covered in, and the other two open.

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Hiller Aircraft Co. Hornet



This HFI model is part of the world's largest public display of scale model helicopters. It was built to 1/50 scale by Bill Topping.

Aircraft Specifications
First Flight:
 1960
Main Rotor:
 35 ft., 5 in.
Engine:
 1 x 320 shp Lycoming VO-540-1B
Max Speed:
 96 mph
Height:
 9 ft., 9 in.
Length:
 28 ft.
Gross Weight:
 2,800 lbs.
Empty Weight:
 1,780 lbs.

About the Aircraft:This is a four-seat version of the Model 12E. More than twenty of these helicopters were acquired by the U.S. Army for geodetic research.

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