Subject: Re: Gallery entry - Vought Sikorsky VS-300
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: Jürgen Klinglhuber <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:13:52 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jürgen Klinglhuber 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 6:32 AM
  Subject: Gallery entry - Vought Sikorsky VS-300

  Gallery Template #05

  "1/72 ExtraTech, Vought Sikorsky VS-300" 

  by "Juergen Klinglhuber"
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  This is my VS-300 from the ExtraTech Kit. ExtraTexh is well known for aftermarket products, but also some great kits are available from this manufacturer. This kit is a tiny "treasure". Not a single part of plastic in the box - only resin and photo-etched parts came along with a small building plan and 2 decals. I'm used to work with photetched parts because I like detailing my A/C's, but this kind of kit was also new for me. I had my troubles to be honest. Some problems I was able to cover - some others are quite obvious: e.g. see output shaft for the tail rotor - at the end I had no change to do readjustments so there is a bend near the motors belt-drive.   

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  It was September 14th in 1939, when a rather uncommon vehicle tied down with cables to the ground had his "first flight". The VS-300 was a design from the Russian emigrant Mr. Igor Sikorsky and it is considered to be the first US helicopter of practical utility. Since the first flight the VS-300 was constantly modified. Started with a simple steel tube fuselage and tail boom the vehicle turned into an at least common looking helicopter:  covered fuselage, uncovered tail boom, wheel undercarriage, and a 75 horse power engine. The VS-300 was also available with floats and a 90 Hp engine. The real free (no cables) first flight took place in May 1940. In his final version the helicopter had more than 102 flight-hours of extensive testing and experiments.  The positive outcome of the testing showed all the advantages of a helicopter with tail boom and tail rotor and finally led to the general implementation of this configuration in modern helicopter design. With end of proving phase the VS-300 was donated to the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. This was in October 1943 and the VS-300 is still displayed in that museum. Based on his experiments Mr. Sikorsky started the development of VS-316, better known as R-4 Hoverfly, which became the first US series-production helicopter.

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  Enjoy. Greetings 

  Juergen "Jott" Klinglhuber

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