Staib Helicopter

Short description: Homebuilt aircraft design

Staib Helicopter

Role  | Homebuilt aircraft
National origin | United States
Designer  | Wilbur Staib
Number built | 1

The Staib Helicopter is a homebuilt aircraft design of Wilbur Staib.

## Contents

* 1 Design and development
* 2 Operational history
* 3 Specifications (Staib Helicopter)
* 4 References

## Design and development

Wilbur Staib (1914-1993) was a self-taught aircraft designer from Diamond, Missouri. Staib served as a flight instructor during the Second World War at Chanute, Kansas flying PT-14's. Staib designed and built five different "LB" (Little Bastard) aircraft and a helicopter, of which several had the title "world's smallest" at their time of construction. Staib flew his aircraft in airshows with the title "The Diamond Wizard".[1]

The Staib Helicopter is a powered by a Continental C85 with a V-belt linkage. The gearbox is sourced from a Ford Model A, the clutch from a Studebaker, the rotors cut down from a Brantly B-2 and cooling system from a Chevrolet Corvair. Four different rotor heads were tested.[2]

## Operational history

The prototype was flown tethered with a 65 hp (48 kW) engine then upgraded to an 85 hp (63 kW) engine.[3]

## Specifications (Staib Helicopter)

Data from Air Trails

General characteristics

* Crew: 1
* Empty weight: 500 lb (227 kg)
* Fuel capacity: 14 U.S. gallons (53 L; 12 imp gal)
* Powerplant: 1 × Continental C85 , 85 hp (63 kW)
* Main rotor diameter: 20 ft (6.1 m)

## References

1. ↑ "Wilbur Staib". http://www.eaa.org/apps/obituaries/MemorialWall2.aspx?ID=995. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
2. ↑ Gene Smith (Winter 1971). "A Diamond Rotorcraft in the Rough". Air Trails.
3. ↑ Gene Smith (Winter 1971). "A Diamond Rotorcraft in the Rough". Air Trails.

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