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# Single-ignition engine for powered [[sailplane]] applications |
# Single-ignition engine for powered [[sailplane]] applications |
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# Nelson Bumblebee |
# Nelson Bumblebee |
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# Nelson Dragonfly |
# [[Nelson Dragonfly]] |
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Revision as of 00:05, 11 March 2011
| Industry | Aerospace |
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| Founded | 1945 |
| Headquarters | San Fernando, California, United States |
Key people | Ted Nelson William Hawley Bowlus |
| Products | Motor gliders Aero engines |
The Nelson Aircraft Corporation was founded in 1945 by sailplane pilot Ted Nelson and sailplane designer William Hawley Bowlus in San Fernando, California.[1]
The first Nelson-Bowlus engine was the Nelson Bumblebee, a pod-and-boom fuselage two-seat powered sailplane [NX1955]. The Bumblebee in 1945-46 was built with a Righter O-45 16-hp 4-cylinder engine. Nelson Aircraft then developed their own 25-28 hp 4-cylinder, two-stroke cycle (H-44 and H-49) engines. These engines were used for a limited production version of the BB-1 Bumblebee called the BB-1 Dragonfly.[1]
Engines and aircraft
- H-44 (1945–1948) and H-49
- 4-cylinder, 2-stroke 25 hp at 3,900 rpm take-off (H-44); 28 hp at 4,000 rpm (H-49); weight= 40 lb[1]
- Single-ignition engine for powered sailplane applications
- Nelson Bumblebee
- Nelson Dragonfly
- H-59 (1949–1957)
- 4-cylinder; 2-stroke; H-59; 40 hp at 4,000 rpm; ; Weight = 60 lbs[1]
- Used by Benson B-7m, powered Gyrocopter in 1954[2]
- Used by the Hiller YROE
- Gyrodyne XRON-1 (GCA-59) Rotocycle for USN[1]
- Haufe Hawk sailplane
- Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee for US Army
- Nagler NH-120 light helicopter
- Nelson Hummingbird.
See also
References
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