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  • Hiller YH-32 Hornet
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  • The Hiller YH-32 Hornet (company designation HJ-1) was an American ultralight helicopter built by Hiller Aircraft in the early 1950s. It was a small and unique design because it was powered by two Hiller 8RJ2B ramjet engines mounted on the rotor blade tips which weigh 13 lbs each and deliver an equivalent of 45 h.p. for a total of 90 h.p. Versions of the HJ-1 Hornet were built for the United States Army and the United States Navy in the early 1950s. The Hiller Museum identifies the YH-32A, named the Sally Rand, as the first helicopter gunship.
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loaded weight main
  • 1080.0
climb rate main
  • 700.0
span main
  • 23.0
thrust alt
  • 178.0
height alt
  • 2.4 m
Introduced
  • 1954
primary user
Type
  • Experimental helicopter
loading main
  • 2.700000
range alt
  • 52.0
area main
  • 402.0
height main
  • 238.76000000000002
span alt
  • 6.9 m
range main
  • 28.0
Manufacturer
max speed main
  • 80.0
climb rate alt
  • 213
ceiling main
  • 6900.0
empty weight main
  • 544.0
type of jet
  • ramjets
loaded weight alt
  • 490.0
area alt
  • 37.4
First Flight
  • 1950
more users
engine (jet)
max speed alt
  • 129.0
jet or prop?
  • jet
loading alt
  • 13
empty weight alt
  • 247.0
thrust main
  • 40
number of jets
  • 2
plane or copter?
  • copter
ceiling alt
  • 2,100 m
Crew
  • two pilots
Number Built
  • 18
abstract
  • The Hiller YH-32 Hornet (company designation HJ-1) was an American ultralight helicopter built by Hiller Aircraft in the early 1950s. It was a small and unique design because it was powered by two Hiller 8RJ2B ramjet engines mounted on the rotor blade tips which weigh 13 lbs each and deliver an equivalent of 45 h.p. for a total of 90 h.p. Versions of the HJ-1 Hornet were built for the United States Army and the United States Navy in the early 1950s. The Hiller Museum identifies the YH-32A, named the Sally Rand, as the first helicopter gunship.