Piasecki's PV-2

[the_librarian]

Hi all,

Up late tonight doing research on Piasecki who passed away a short time ago. One of the pioneers in helicopter aviation, he designs include the famous "flying banana". Thought you might be interested in his link to WW2. Here's a pic I found and some links.

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/images/piasecki_pv-2.jpg

(Source: Smithsonian Air and Space Museum) (http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/piasecki_pv2.htm)

Boeing link (history) (http://www.boeing.com/history/boeing/hrp1.html)

Coast Guard link to "Flying Banana" (http://www.uscg.mil/history/WEBAIRCRAFT/AC_Piasecki_HRP.html)

[Major Walter Schmidt]

I prefer the fl282 kolibori. Go to www.fiddlersgreen.net and they have paper models of the pv2 and the fl282 and others.

[the_librarian]

Have you ever gotten the CD from them? I was tempted too as I know it contains scads of the models.

[Major Walter Schmidt]

No. but I print the little jpgs for free.

[the_librarian]

I tried those small ones, my fumblefingers just couldn't do it...I tried really...

Have you seen this site:

http://trotskiy.moo.jp/

The one model available I think is outlined in pink....it's been a while since I've downloaded some of them.

[Major Walter Schmidt]

Yhea. The password is "trotskiy" my PDF reader was a bit outdated and couldnt open the PDF.

[the_librarian]

OH man...that's right...I forgot about the password. I wonder why the site is passworded anyway....

The designs are great though...thanks for the update!