AirScooter, AirScooter II single seat ultralight helicopter.
– AirScooter Corporation is in the process of bring a single place ultralight helicopter to market. The unique thing about the AirScooter is it uses twin over head coaxial rotors, has no tail rotor, uses a very simple set of controls.
The company also designed an engine specifically for the craft, when it was unable to find one that met their needs in the market.
The control system features a joy stick, with a motor cycle style set of handle bars. To climb the pilot increases power, to move forward he pushes the stick forward, to turn he turns the handle bars left, right, or back. It has no rudder pedals, and is equipped with two large floats as landing gear.
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