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    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...
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    known as the Sikorsky HNS-1. In British service it was known as the Hoverfly. The VS-316 was developed from the famous experimental VS-300 helicopter,...
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    in the 1930s, including the Sikorsky S-42 "Flying Clipper". In 1939, Sikorsky designed and flew the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300, the first viable American helicopter...
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    The Sikorsky VS-44 was a large four-engined flying boat built in the United States in the early 1940s by Sikorsky Aircraft. Based on the XPBS-1 patrol...
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    The Sikorsky H-5 (initially designated R-5 and also known as S-48, S-51 and by company designation VS-327) is a helicopter built by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation...
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  • patrol helicopter) Sikorsky R-6 (rescue/reconnaissance helicopter) Sikorsky R-5A (rescue/reconnaissance helicopter) Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 (experimental helicopter)...
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    must be countered by an opposed torque. The design that Igor Sikorsky settled on for his VS-300 was a smaller tail rotor. The tail rotor pushes or pulls against...
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    development of this particular design. The successful demonstration of the Sikorsky VS-300 had the USAAF favoring the helicopter over the autogiro as an approach...
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    helicopter, the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 occurred on the grounds. The Curtiss hangar was referred to as "Hangar 1", while the Sikorsky hangar was referred...
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    for Vought XF5U Vought V-326 – High-altitude test aircraft Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 – Helicopter List of German WW II prototypes and projects Wikimedia...
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