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The Baumgärtl PB-63 was a 1950s single-seat
helicopter
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designed and built by the Austrian-designer
Paul Baumgärtl
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for the Brazilian Air Ministry.
The PB-63 was of a conventional pod and boom design with an open steel-tube construction and it had a single main rotor and a tail-mounted anti-torque rotor.
It had a
tricycle landing gear
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with the pilot in an open sided cabin at the front.
[Apostolo 1984, p. 121.] The PB-63 was powered by an
Continental C85-12
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flat-four piston engine.
[Orbis 1985, p. 499.]
Specifications
See also
References
Notes
Bibliography
* Apostolo, Giorgio. ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Helicopters''. New York: Bonanza Books, 1984. .
* ''The
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft
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'' Part Work 1982-1985). London: Orbis Publishing, 1985.
* Pereira, Roberto. ''Construção Aeronáutica no Brasil 1910–1976''. São Paulo: Aquarius Editora, 1986. .
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1950s Brazilian civil utility aircraft
1950s Brazilian helicopters
PB-63
Single-engined piston helicopters