GEN Corporation of Japan developed a personal

helicopter A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attribu ...

named the GEN H-4, but production was deferred pending large enough orders to make the aircraft economical.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', pages 191 and 238-239. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X The company also developed the GEN 125, a very small , twin-cylinder,

two-stroke A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during one power cycle, this power cycle being completed in one revolution of ...

aircraft engine An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbines, although a few have been rocket powered and in recent years ma ...

to power the H-4. The engine weighs and four are used in the H-4 design to provide redundancy. The company does not have any fixed location, but has carried out its development work in borrowed facilities. The company name translates as "fountain of wisdom".

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External links

GEN Corp official site
(English)
GEN Corp official site
(Japanese)
GEN H-4 flight video
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