Vought-Sikorsky VS-300

VS-300
One of the first flights of the VS-300
Role Experimental helicopter
National origin United States
Manufacturer Vought-Sikorsky
Designer Igor Sikorsky
First flight 14 September 1939 [1]
Developed into Sikorsky R-4

The Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 (or S-46) is an American single-engine helicopter designed by Igor Sikorsky. It had a single three-blade rotor originally powered by a 75 horsepower (56 kW) engine. The first "free" flight of the VS-300 was on 13 May 1940.[2] The VS-300 was the first successful single lifting rotor helicopter in the United States and the first successful helicopter to use a single vertical-plane tail rotor configuration for antitorque. With floats attached, it became the first practical amphibious helicopter.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Chiles was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Munson 1968, p. 111.

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