Platt LePage XR-1A

[hesham]

Hi,

Platt LePage XR1-a

A bit of helicopter nostalgia. A close resemblance of the Platt Laplage XR1-a of the late 40's. The fuselage object is derived from the Dragonfly S-51 Helicopter created for Flightgear (which is OpenGL License) - I have included the text of the license and my derived Blender file. I cut off the f...

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[Platt-LePage Aircraft]

Based on the size, and number of passengers, it might be closer in size to the unfinished Platt-LePage five seat PL-12 civilian helicopter.

The XR-1 and XR-1A would have had a much smaller fuselage. The pilot's position was front seat in the XR-1, and rear seat for the XR-1A.
Not having played with X-Plane, I can't say how much this would behave like the XR-1 or XR-1A.