Worlds smallest One man Helicopter GEN H 4 by ADEYTO
ADEYTO meets 75yearold Gennai Yanagisawa, who runs an electronics equipment company in Matsumoto, central Japan, has created a 75kg (165pound) oneman aircraft which sets the world record for the smallest helicopter. Gen Corporation, the company employee Yasutoshi Yokoyama flies in the air by GEN H4, a compact singleseater helicopter developed by Gen Corporation, during its test flight in Matsumoto in central Japan s Nagano Prefecture. Yanagisawa developed the GEN H4 helicopter with rotors, a chair, footrest and handle bar in the late 1990s. Yanagisawa s helicopter is the smallest model in the world in terms of weight and its rotor length of 3. 9 metres. The GEN H4 has two rotors turning in opposite directions to maintain stability, and four engines that enables a 30minute flight with a top speed of about 56 miles per hour. The helicopter has two identical rotors that turn in opposite directions making the need for a tail rotor obsolete. Each r br, br,
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