Kimball, 1908, The Kimball helicopter

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"The Kimball helicopter is little more than a light framework in which are 24 small wooden propellers set in a horizontal plane and run by a single motor. The air is forced downard by these propellers instead of astern, as is the case with aeroplanes. A large rudder steers the machine and an inclined wing varies the horizontal angle of it."


Original title The Kimball helicopter
Simple title The Kimball helicopter
Authors Wilbur Kimball
Date 1908-12
Countries US
Languages en
Keywords helicopter, Wilbur Kimball, Kimball helicopter, frame, propeller, Thomas A. Edison, rudder, aluminum, wood, wire, canvas, speed, ascension, navigation, takeoff, engine, gasoline
Journal Pop. Mech.
Related to aircraft? 1
Page count 2
Word count
Wikidata id


As in the case of some other Brockett entries for Popular Mechanics, it's not obvious that Kimball is the author as well as the subject of the article. Authorship might be listed in an index elsewhere. He is referred to in third person.

Sources

  • Brockett 1910, page 462, entry 6723: Kimball, Wilbur. The Kimball helicopter. Pop. Mech., Vol. 10, No. 12 (Dec. 1908), Chicago, pp. 802-803, ills. 3. S (6723
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