| MC-4 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Light helicopter |
| Manufacturer | McCulloch Aircraft Corporation |
| Designer | |
| Primary users | United States Army |
| History | |
| First flight | March 1951 |
| Developed from | HERC JOV-3 |
TheMcCulloch Model MC-4 was an American tandem-rotorhelicopter and was the first helicopter developed byMcCulloch Aircraft Corporation, a division ofMcCulloch Motors Corporation.[1] It was evaluated by theUnited States Army as theYH-30 and the United States Navy as theXHUM-1.
The MC-4 was a larger version of the earlierHERC JOV-3 tandem-rotor helicopter and was developed by the McCulloch Aircraft Corporation. The JOV-3 was developed by Jovanovich when he headed the Helicopter Engineering and Research Corporation. The JOV-3 first flew in 1948. In 1949, Jovanovich moved to the McCulloch Motors Corporation, where an enlarged helicopter, theMC-4, first flew in March 1951. It was followed by a similarMC-4C and three evaluation helicopters for the United States Army (as the YH-30). The MC-4C was slightly larger than the MC-4. When the MC-4C was certified in 1953, it was the first tandem-rotor helicopter to be certified in theUnited States for commercial use. Three examples were evaluated by the United States Army as the YH-30, but the Army's evaluation showed the helicopter to be underpowered.[1]
The YH-30 had a steel tube framework with a light metal skin, A single 200 hpFranklin piston engine was horizontally mounted amidships and powered two intermeshing tandem rotors. It had a fixed-wheel tricycle landing gear with acastering nosewheel.
No civil or military orders were received and Jovanovich formed his own company, theJovair Corporation, where he modified the MC-4C as a prototype for a four-seat private helicopter designated theSedan 4E. The Sedan 4E was powered by a 210 hp Franklin 6A-335 engine. A version with a turbocharged engine was designed as theSedan 4ES and a more basicSedan 4A for agricultural use. By 1965 a small number of Sedan helicopters were built. In the early 1970s, McCulloch regained the rights to the helicopter designs.
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