The Bensen B-10 Propcopter was an unconventional VTOL aircraft developed by
Igor Bensen
Igor Vasilevich Bensen (russian: И́горь Васи́льевич Бенсен; April 1, 1917 – February 10, 2000) was a Russian-American engineer. He founded Bensen Aircraft, a US company which produced a successful line of gyrogliders ...
in the United States in the late 1950s. The pilot sat astride a beam that had an engine mounted at either end of it, each driving a rotor to provide lift. Each of these rotors was surrounded by a system of four pivotable vanes to direct its
downwash, and linked to a control stick for the pilot, this provided control of the craft. Only a single prototype (registered ''N56U'') was built.
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1000aircraftphotos.com B-10 Prop-Copter VTOL aircraft
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1950s United States experimental aircraft
VTOL aircraft
B-10
Aircraft first flown in 1958