The Canadian Home Rotors Safari is a
kit helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attributes ...
, produced by
CHR International of
Marianna, Florida
Marianna is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Florida, United States, and it is home to Chipola College. The population was 6,102 at the 2010 census. In 2018 the estimated population was 7,091. The official nickname of Marianna is ...
, and formerly produced by
Safari Helicopter (formerly known as Canadian Home Rotors) of
Ear Falls, Ontario
Ear Falls is a township located in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, on the banks of the English River, Lac Seul, Pakwash Lake and Wenesaga Lake. It is located along Highway 105, north of Highway 17 and Vermilion Bay, about halfway between Hi ...
.
[Downey, Julia: ''2005 Trikes, 'Chutes & Rotorcraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 22, Number 2, February 2005, page 55. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851][Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter – Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 321. BAI Communications. ][Kitplanes Staff: ''1999 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 80. Primedia Publications. IPM 0462012]
The design is reminiscent of a small-scale
Bell 47
The Bell 47 is a single-rotor single-engine light helicopter manufactured by Bell Helicopter. It was based on the third Bell 30 prototype, which was the company's first helicopter designed by Arthur M. Young. The 47 became the first he ...
helicopter. In fact, the helicopter was originally called the Baby Belle, but
Bell Helicopters
Bell Textron Inc. is an American aerospace manufacturer headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. A subsidiary of Textron, Bell manufactures military rotorcraft at facilities in Fort Worth, and Amarillo, Texas, as well as commercial helicopters in ...
objected and the name was changed to Safari.
Design
The Safari is a two-seat light helicopter with a
bubble canopy
A bubble canopy is an aircraft canopy constructed without bracing, for the purpose of providing a wider unobstructed field of view to the pilot, often providing 360° all-round visibility.
The designs of bubble canopies can drastically vary; s ...
, a two-bladed
main rotor
A helicopter main rotor or rotor system is the combination of several rotary wings (rotor blades) with a control system, that generates the aerodynamic lift force that supports the weight of the helicopter, and the thrust that counteracts aerody ...
and a
skid landing gear. The aircraft structure consists predominantly of welded
4130 chromoly steel tubing. The kit provides the main and tail rotors, rotor hubs, transmission, engine, cockpit and tailboom completed. Builder construction is largely assembly.
Engine options over time have included the
Lycoming O-320-B2B,
Lycoming O-360-C2C, the
Superior XP320 and the
XP360 engines.
Specifications (Safari 400)
See also
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.safarihelicopter.com/
2000s Canadian helicopters