The Piasecki 16H was a series of
compound 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 attribut ...
s produced in the 1960s. The first version of the Pathfinder, the -1 version, first flew in 1962. The similar but larger Pathfinder II, the 16H-1A, was completed in 1965.
Variants
;Model 16H-1 Pathfinder : one PWC PT6B-2 with one 405 shp turboshaft engine
;Model 16H-1A Pathfinder II : larger version with one T58-GE-8
;Model 16H-1C Pathfinder III : proposed conversion of the 16H-1A with one T58-GE-5
[Note: While some sources read as if this variant was completed and flown, Piasecki Aircraft's history site makes no mention of this variant at all.]
;Model 16H-3J : nine-seat development, not built.
Specifications (16H-1A)
See also
References
;Notes
;Bibliography
*Robb, Raymond L
"Hybrid helicopters: Compounding the quest for speed" ''Vertiflite''. Summer 2006. American Helicopter Society.
External links
Model 16H-1 Pathfinder
Model 16H-1A Pathfinder II
Model 16H-3
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16H
1960s United States experimental aircraft
Ducted fan-powered aircraft
Compound helicopters
1960s United States helicopters
Single-turbine helicopters
Aircraft first flown in 1962