The Kaman K-MAX has intermeshing rotors eliminating the need for a tail rotor. These opposite-spinning rotors lend the K-MAX a natural tendency to hover, making it more stable. The K-MAX is ideal for ...
Two days before Christmas, with nearly all of the 1,300 employees at its main plant in Bloomfield on holiday furlough, Kaman Corp. began flight-testing a new helicopter with twin intermeshing main ...
To evaluate performance, dispersive and distributive behaviors were analyzed. Trials were conducted on an IM45E mixer and mill using various fill factors, mix times (revolutions), and duplicated for ...
With its unusual intermeshing rotors and no tail rotor, the Kaman HH-43 Huskie hardly looked like a combat aircraft, yet it ...
The K-MAX uses a unique double rotor system where the two rotors cross each other. Kaman Aerospace calls these "intermeshing rotors." Its opposing rotors eliminate the need for a tail rotor. This ...