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And in 1954, the Hiller Helicopters was selected by the US Navy’s Bureau of Aeronautics to build this design of a one-man, foldable, self-rescue and observation helicopter.[2]  It featured a two-blade rotor system. Its original empty weight was 290\u00a0lb (132\u00a0kg).[3]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsDevelopment[edit]Variants[edit]Specifications[edit]Survivors[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Development[edit]The helicopter folded up and could be carried on a sled-like carrier by two people or could be air-dropped to pilots trapped behind enemy lines. The Marines did not accept the YROE due to its low performance, vulnerability to small-arms fire and the lack of visual references on the structure. This problem could cause the pilot to experience spatial disorientation at all but very low altitudes.[1] The YROE or ROE never saw military service.[4]In 1954, the United States Navy\u2032s Bureau of Aeronautics selected Hiller to build its proposed design of a one-man helicopter. The XROE Rotocycle completed flight testing in mid-1957.[5]It was demonstrated at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, for military and other government officials in early April 1958.[6]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Production was by Saunders-Roe, which made five for the United States Marine Corps and five for Helicop-Air of Paris.[7]A Porsche engine of 62\u00a0hp (46\u00a0kW) developed for the YROE completed trials by 1961.[8]Variants[edit]XROE-12 prototypes built as Model 1033 at the Hiller Helicopter Plant in Palo Alto, California[4]The first flight in November 1956[9]YROE-15 test versions built by British Saunders-Roe company One donated to the Smithsonian Institution after completion of its testing in 1961[9]ROE-15 production built by Saunders-Roe (built ten production models, including the five YROE-1s)[9]Specifications[edit]Data from NASM\u00a0: Hiller YROE-1 Rotorcycle,[9] Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft 1958-59[10]General characteristicsCrew: 1Length: 12\u00a0ft 6\u00a0in (3.81\u00a0m)Height: 7\u00a0ft 6\u00a0in (2.29\u00a0m)Empty weight: 309\u00a0lb (140\u00a0kg)Gross weight: 562\u00a0lb (255\u00a0kg)Fuel capacity: 9.1\u00a0US\u00a0gal (8\u00a0imp\u00a0gal; 34\u00a0l)[citation needed]Powerplant: 1 \u00d7 Nelson H-63 4-cylinder air-cooled 2-stroke horizontally-opposed piston engine, 40\u00a0hp (30\u00a0kW)   [3](later 43\u00a0hp (32\u00a0kW) Nelson YO-65-2)Main rotor diameter:  18\u00a0ft 6\u00a0in (5.64\u00a0m)Main rotor area: 268.8\u00a0sq\u00a0ft (24.97\u00a0m2) 2-bladed main rotorBlade section: NACA 0015[11]PerformanceMaximum speed: 70\u00a0mph (110\u00a0km\/h, 61\u00a0kn)Cruise speed: 52\u00a0mph (84\u00a0km\/h, 45\u00a0kn)Range: 166\u00a0mi (267\u00a0km, 144\u00a0nmi) with 170\u00a0lb (77\u00a0kg) pilot and 86\u00a0lb (39\u00a0kg) of fuel[2]Service ceiling: 13,200\u00a0ft (4,000\u00a0m) Hover ceiling IGE: 9,200\u00a0ft (2,804\u00a0m)Rate of climb: 1,160\u00a0ft\/min (5.9\u00a0m\/s)Survivors[edit]XROE-1, on display at Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, CaliforniaYROE-1, ser. no. 4021, on display at Hiller Aviation MuseumYROE-1, on display at National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DCYROE-1, N4230U, ser. no. 4024, El Cajon, California[12]YROE-1, N777MV, ser. no. 4020, Minicopter Inc., Saginaw, Texas[13]YROE-1, third one in production on display at Evergreen Aviation Museum[14]XROE-1, repainted in blue, powered by a Rotax 503 and renamed “fantacopter”, in working order at Bois-la-Pierre, France.[15]See also[edit]Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and eraReferences[edit]Notes^ a b NASM: Hiller YROE-1 Rotorcycle^ a b Hiller Museum: Rotocycle Archived 2009-08-14 at the Wayback Machine^ a b Apostolo, p. 68^ a b Helic\u00f3pteros:The Site^ “Helicopters of the World: USA”, Flight: 693, 15 May 1959^ “Rotorcycle on View Here”, The Washington Post and Times-Herald, Washington, D.C., Tuesday 1 April 1958, Volume 81, Number 117, page A8.^ “From All Quarters” (PDF), Flight: 610, 11 May 1961^ “VTOL International Survey”, Flight: 638, 11 May 1961^ a b c d “Hiller YROE-1 Rotorcycle”. National Air and Space Museum. Retrieved 3 May 2020.^ Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1958). Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft 1958-59. London: Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. p.\u00a0315.^ Lednicer, David. “The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage”. m-selig.ae.illinois.edu. Retrieved 16 April 2019.^ AirportData: N4230U^ AirportData: N777MV^ “SkyControl: YROE-1“. Archived from the original on 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2009-08-27.^ “Hiller XROE-1”. Archived from the original on 2008-11-14. Retrieved 2011-01-09.BibliographyApostolo, Giorgio. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Helicopters. New York: Bonanza Books. 1984. ISBN\u00a0978-0-517-43935-7.External links[edit]Wikimedia ErrorOur servers are currently under maintenance or experiencing a technical problem.Please try again in a few\u00a0minutes.See the error message at the bottom of this page for more\u00a0information.      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