Tamerlane's Thoughts: Citroen helicopter

Friday, June 24, 2011

Citroen helicopter

Powered by a Wankel rotary engine.

5 comments:

Alan said...: I always loved the design of the Fiat 7002 helicopter:

http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/fiat-7002.php

The Citroen may not have as much style, but it's got a Wankel and it's a Citroen... can't decide which is cooler.; June 24, 2011 at 12:27 PM
Maxichamp said...: @Alan: I got the idea from an article in Automobile magazine about carmakers who dabbled in aircraft. Did you know Bugatti supplied engines for planes?!; June 24, 2011 at 4:22 PM
F1Outsider said...: hmmm... I didn't mind the questionable reliability of the rotary in my old RX8. Don't know if I would say the same in a helicopter.; June 24, 2011 at 6:23 PM
Alan said...: Kashgar,

I'm a nut for old Bugattis. Have you seen the Bugatti-King 16? Essentially two Royale motors with cranks geared together and supercharged. They even built a Bugatti plane!; June 25, 2011 at 11:59 AM
Maxichamp said...: @Alan: I'm still on the lookout for a EB110 for ya.; June 25, 2011 at 12:14 PM

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