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Old 2nd Aug 2021, 23:21
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Catching a Saturn 5 with a Hiller...

Don't laugh, it was thought about...



But back in 1965 the company made a proposal so bold that it bordered on insane: a giant helicopter with a rotor diameter bigger than the length of a football field, capable not only of transporting a Saturn V S-1C first stage, but of actually catching it in midair as it fell on a parachute.
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Old 3rd Aug 2021, 00:11
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I would submit you have used the boldest example of British Understatement in history. "Bordered on the insane....."?
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Wow, nothing new under the sun eh? New Zealand based launcher Rocket Labs has plans to do the same with its Electron rockets.
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If I remember the RRPM was increadibly low on those football field length blades, (~10RPM)
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Wow, nothing new under the sun eh? New Zealand based launcher Rocket Labs has plans to do the same with its Electron rockets.
...`cept they used a humble AS350 if I remembers correctly.
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What could possibly go wrong?

The small Hiller museum near San Francisco is worth a visit if you are a rotary wing fan. Some interesting stuff. Not enough for multiple visits but glad I went once.
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I stumbled on the Hiller Museum at San Carlos Airport during a visit to San Francisco - it is indeed well worth a visit. I missed anything they had on the Saturn catcher!
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