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The Doman LZ-2A Pelican was an American five-seat
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 ...
designed and developed by
Doman Helicopters
Doman may refer to:
* Doman (surname)
* Doman (river), Caraș-Severin County, Romania
*Doman, a village in Reșița
Reșița (; german: link=no, Reschitz; hu, Resicabánya; hr, Ričica; cz, Rešice; sr, Решица/Rešica; tr, Reşçe) ...
of
Danbury, Connecticut
Danbury is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately northeast of New York City. Danbury's population as of 2022 was 87,642. It is the seventh largest city in Connecticut.
Danbury is nicknamed the "Hat City ...
.
Design and development
Following the test flying of a Doman-designed rotor on a modified
Sikorsky R-6
The Sikorsky R-6 is an American light two-seat helicopter of the 1940s. In Royal Air Force and Royal Navy service, it was named the Hoverfly II.
Development
The R-6/Hoverfly II was developed to improve on the successful Sikorsky R-4. In order to ...
(designated the LZ-1A by Doman) the company developed a five-seat helicopter to use the rotor.
Little information is available on the LZ-2A other than it was developed into the larger eight-seat
Doman LZ-4
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The Doman LZ-4 was an American eight-seat helicopter designed and developed by Doman Helicopters
Doman may refer to:
* Doman (surname)
* Doman (river), Caraș-Severin County, Romania
*Doman, a village in Reșița
Reșița (; german ...
, the LZ-4 was the first helicopter designed completely by the company which indicates that the LZ-2A was perhaps a further development of the Sikorsky-based LZ-1.
The LZ-2A Pelican was powered by a Franklin engine.
Specifications
References
Bibliography
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1940s United States experimental aircraft
1940s United States helicopters
Single-engined piston helicopters
Aircraft first flown in 1949