The I.P.D BF-1 Beija-Flor (en

English language

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: Humming Bird) was a two-seat light helicopter

Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...

 designed by Henrich Focke

Henrich Focke

Henrich Focke was a German aviation pioneer from Bremen. He was a co-founder of the Focke-Wulf company.-Early life:...

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Design and development

The BF-1 was built by the aircraft department of the Brazilian Research and Development Institute (IPD) (formerly the CTA - Centro Técnico Aeroespacial), using a design of Henrich Focke

Henrich Focke

Henrich Focke was a German aviation pioneer from Bremen. He was a co-founder of the Focke-Wulf company.-Early life:...

. It was a conventional three-bladed single rotor helicopter but unusual the 225 hp Continental E225 piston engine was mounted in the nose. Three prototypes were built, the first flying on the 1 January 1959 but the type did not enter production.

Specifications

See also