Perrin "Helicion"

1922



Tandem-rotor demonstrator built by Edward Perrin and powered by a 120hp Le Rhône 14D rotary engine. Trial-tested at la Section Technique de l'Aéronautique (STAé) in Villacoublay by using a tether suspending the aircraft from a 50-meter-high crane. Never reached further than static test phase. Destroyed in a fire May 17, 1990.
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