How The Hughes Aircraft Company Produced The Helicopter With The Largest-Ever Rotor System

Known as a "flying crane," the Hughes XH-17 was the first helicopter project taken on by the Culver City, California-headquartered Hughes Aircraft Company. The massive machine had a twin-bladed main rotor that had a diameter of 134 feet.



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