HZ-1 Aerocycle developed by de Lackner Helicopters for the United States Army in the 1950s.
Previously:
Folding portable helicopter - photos
1922 helicopter prototype - GIF
Ultralight mosquito helicopter - GIF
AeroVelo Atlas human-powered helicopter - GIF
Lazareth flying motorcycle - GIF
History of the Helicopter - video
New plans added on 11/20: Click here for 2,589 plans for homemade tools.
nova_robotics (Sep 25, 2021)
Looks safe to me...
...what could go wrong ?
"Honey, I'm going on a trip, pack my REALLY sticky shoes".
I guess they weren't worried about snipers while waiting for rotors to spin down. Or...perhaps they were supposed to be disguised as vertical shafts!
Doesn't seem like that would be too practical for front line combat operations but it might be useful in the mess hall as a big ass egg beater
Not enough money in the world......
I want one....oh wait, it is called a personal drone now days.
er I wonder if they drew Straws or played heads or tails? FFS!
NOPE! Private Jones, Front and center!
counter-rotating blades, and no way out but down. Bet they all got repurposed as paper shredders later on.
Bill, who got used as Airman Jones on a couple of small details a decade or two later.
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