Helicopters:
3 Facts:
1. The Worlds Largest Helicopter the Mi-12, also known as V-2 or Homer is a Russian made Helicopter with only 2 prototypes ever built. Their wingspans are almost the size of Boeing 747.
2. The first purpose-built attack helicopter first appeared in the Vietnam War.
3.In case of engine failure you can use the rotor blades on top of a helicoptor as a parachute to land safely.
History of the Helicopter:
It was not until the early 1480s, when Leonardo da Vinci created a design for a machine that could be described as an "aerial screw", that any recorded advancement was made towards vertical flight. His notes suggested that he built small flying models, but there were no indications for any provision to stop the rotor from making the whole craft rotate. As scientific knowledge increased and became more accepted, men continued to pursue the idea of vertical flight. Many of these later models and machines would more closely resemble the ancient bamboo flying top with spinning wings, rather than Da Vinci's screw.In July 1754, Mikhail Lomonosov demonstrated a small tandem rotor to the Russian Academy of Sciences. It was powered by a spring and suggested as a method to lift meteorological instruments. In 1783, Christian de Launoy, and his mechanic, Bienvenu, made a model with a pair of counter-rotating rotors, using turkey flight feathers as rotor blades, and in 1784, demonstrated it to the French Academy of Sciences. Sir George Cayley, influenced by a childhood fascination with the Chinese flying top, grew up to develop a model of feathers, similar to Launoy and Bienvenu, but powered by rubber bands. By the end of the century, he had progressed to using sheets of tin for rotor blades and springs for power.Alphonse Pénaud would later develop coaxial rotor model helicopter toys in 1870, also powered by rubber bands. One of these toys, given as a gift by their father, would inspire the Wright brothers to pursue the dream of flight.n 1861, the word "helicopter" was coined by Gustave de Ponton d'Amécourt, a French inventor who demonstrated a small, steam-powered model. While celebrated as an innovative use of a new metal, aluminum, the model never lifted off the ground.
Q & A
Q: Have you ever ridden in a helicopter?
A: No, but i want to. However I've sat in one at the air and space museum.
Q:Do you find leisure rides necessary?
A: No, but on a special ocassion it's ok.
Q:Have you ever seen one?
A: Yes.
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Once Opon An Object
Genre: Horror
Once opon an object in a land not so far far away there lived a evil helicopter... or should i say died an evil helicopter. Wait if he died he would be dead. Okay, there lived a helicopter,whatever anyway. The helicopter flew into storms and killed it's passengers. One day he was expanded and the whole village flew on it. The helicopter was flying twords a storm when Kris came to the cockpit. She realized there was no pilot and was worried. So,The fairest maiden Kris took over the helicopter and flew it to safety. The End!
Once opon an object in a land not so far far away there lived a evil helicopter... or should i say died an evil helicopter. Wait if he died he would be dead. Okay, there lived a helicopter,whatever anyway. The helicopter flew into storms and killed it's passengers. One day he was expanded and the whole village flew on it. The helicopter was flying twords a storm when Kris came to the cockpit. She realized there was no pilot and was worried. So,The fairest maiden Kris took over the helicopter and flew it to safety. The End!
