Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v2

Bensen B-8M Gyro-Copter.

Мировая Авиация 104

Бенсен был мастером рекламы и опубликовал много фотографий его автожиров в различных ситуациях. Этот стандартный аппарат B-8M доработали для полетов с винтовкой с учетом культа оружия, распространенного в США.

Air International 2020-09 / G.Martin - Special services by gyrocopter

X-25A gyrocopter as trialled by the US Air Force USAF

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Montogomerie-Bensen B.8MR (или Montogomerie Merlin) очень похож на оригинальные проекты Бенсена. В 2010 году тот же базовый тип предлагался фирмой "Merlin Autogyros" как Merlin GTS.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-04 / 1990 UK Aircraft Collections and Museums Guide

The Manchester Museum of Science & Industry's Bensen B7M G-APUD demonstrating the virtues of minimal aircraft.

Air Pictorial 1958-07

The Bensen B-7 can, as shown in our photograph, be fitted with a detachable cockpit.

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Родившийся в России Игорь Бенсен (на фото) эмигрировал в США и в послевоенное время работал в качестве главного инженера-исследователя на фирме "Kaman Aircraft Corporation". В начале 1950-х годов он основал собственную компанию для разработки легких коммерческих вертолетов. Главным было обеспечить сбыт дешевых машин. С использованием опыта, полученного в ходе исследований британского проекта Hafner Rotachute, он спроектировал аппарат Bensen В-8 Gyro-Glider. Так получился автожир Gyrocopter, и возник новый рынок летательных аппаратов. В 1980 году ассоциация экспериментальной авиации (EAA) назвала Gyrocopter самым популярным в мире аппаратом домашней сборки. На сегодня продано около 5000 комплектов чертежей, по которым построено до 10000 автожиров. Фактически современные спортивные автожиры возродились благодаря Бенсену.

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Бенсен снова ввел автожиры в общее пользование. Продававшийся в качестве практичной дешевой альтернативы другим видам авиатранспорта, автожир мог храниться в гараже, буксироваться на прицепе и заправляться обычным бензином.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2010-08 / М.Лисов - На родине пионера авиации. Музей Военно-Воздушных Сил Бразилии

Автожир B-8M

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1972 / 01 - Aircraft

Kit of parts for Bensen B-8M Gyro-Copter and completed aircraft

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-03 / J.Kucera - Mr Bensen's Rotorbirds

This view gives some idea of the skeletal Bensen B-8M structure. The McCulloch four-cylinder engine weighs only 76lb and was primarily designed for one-shot use in military target drones.

Aeroplane Monthly 1976-12 / News Spotlight

As part of America's Bicentennial celebrations, Dr Igor Bensen re-traced Orville Wright's historic first flight in a Bensen Gyrocopter at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on September 19, 1976.

Air Pictorial 1958-03

This is the latest version of the Bensen Gyrocopter - the Model B-8M. More sophisticated than the Gluhareff, it can be fitted with a cockpit cover and has a range of over 100 miles.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1976 / 01 - Aircraft

Bensen Model 75 Gyro-Copter, latest version of the Super Bug, with continuous rotor drive

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v2

Bensen Model B-8HD.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1972 / 01 - Aircraft

Bensen B-8MA Agricopter with spray booms and tail-mounted spray nozzle

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-12

Air-Britain Archive 1985-04

The only autogyro registered in Uruguay is this MacCulloch-powered Bensen B.8M CX-BAA-X. This is also the first time we have seen evidence of the -X suffix in use. The glider behind is unidentified.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1966 / 02 - Aircraft

Recently delivered to Mr. L. D. Goldsmith by Campbell Aircraft Ltd., this Bensen B-8 Special is a refined version of the Bensen B-8 Gyro-Copter light autogyro with nose-fairing and spats,

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-03 / J.Kucera - Mr Bensen's Rotorbirds

Mrs Alden Springer lifts off in her custom-built Bensen B-8M. Take-off run is around 300ft.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-03 / J.Kucera - Mr Bensen's Rotorbirds

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-03 / J.Kucera - Mr Bensen's Rotorbirds

Two pictures show Mrs Springer’s B-8M. Its climb rate exceeds 1,200ft/min, and starting is simplified by the 1 h.p. pre-rotating engine on the rotor head.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-03 / J.Kucera - Mr Bensen's Rotorbirds

Starting is simplified by the 1 h.p. pre-rotating engine on the rotor head.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-03 / J.Kucera - Mr Bensen's Rotorbirds

A less-refined B-8M takes to the air.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1964 / 01 - Aircraft

Latest two-seat training version of the Bensen Model B-8 Gyro-Glider

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-03 / J.Kucera - Mr Bensen's Rotorbirds

The "truck’s eye view" of a Bensen B-8 Gyroglider under tow during a dual-instruction session.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-03 / J.Kucera - Mr Bensen's Rotorbirds

This pilots-eye view complements the title picture.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-03 / J.Kucera - Mr Bensen's Rotorbirds

A B-8 Gyroglider lifts off under tow. Flight isn’t high or fast or far - but it’s definitely fun.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1966 / 02 - Aircraft

Bensen B-8 Gyro-Glider, modified for two-seat operation, flies hands-off with new offset-gimbal head

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1974 / 01 - Aircraft

Gyro-Glider built by Mr Sakamoto of the JEAA

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1964 / 01 - Aircraft

Bensen B-8W Hydro-Glider with new flat-bottom floats

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v2

Bensen Model B-8W Hydro-Glider.

Aviation Historian 5 / ??? - Gone Fishin'!

Igor Bensen enjoys a spot of fishing from Bensen B-8 MW Hydro-Copter N63U at Cypress Gardens in South Carolina. Bensen himself test-flew every type the company built, and in 1967 set new world records for speed (51.26 m.p.h. - 82 km/h), distance (82-8 miles - 133 km) in a straight line and altitude (7,275 ft - 2,217 m) with a B-8M.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1972 / 01 - Aircraft

Bensen Model B-8MW Hydro-Copter (72 hp McCulloch 4318E or 90 hp 4318G engine)

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Игорь Бенсен создал B-8MW Hydro-Copter (на снимке) с поплавковым шасси на базе B-8M Gyro-Copter. Последний представлял собой автожир, созданный, в свою очередь, на базе безмоторного В-8 Gyro-Glider.
Bensen Model B-11 Gyro-Copter

Aviation Historian 5 / ??? - Gone Fishin'!

For those who like to keep their feet dry - the Bensen Gyro-Boat was a development of the B-8 in which the free-turning rotor system, known as the Roto-Sail, was mounted in a standard dinghy. The result was - literally - a flying boat, and was towed into the air by a motor-boat. The prototype made its first flight in April 1956.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1964 / 01 - Aircraft

Bensen B-8B Gyro Boat under tow behind a speed-boat

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v2

Bensen Model B-8MH Hover-Gyro.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1966 / 02 - Aircraft

Bensen B-9 Little Zipster (60 hp Mercury engine)

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1966 / 02 - Aircraft

Bensen B-11M Kopter-Kart Gyro-Copter, powered by six McCulloch MC75 go-kart engines

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1966 / 02 - Aircraft

Bensen B-13 helicopter has fixed-pitch tail rotor driven by two separate engines, There is no interconnection between main and tail rotors

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1976 / 01 - Aircraft

Bensen Model B-16S (two 48 hp Kiekhaefer KAM 525 snowmobile engines)

Aeroplane Monthly 1998-12 / N.Barfield - Cutaway Kings: J.H.Clark /Cutaway drawings/

Clark’s pencil drawing of the Bensen B-7M Gyrocopter, which gives an insight into the preparation of a finished cutaway, was drawn in 1959 but never published.