Cessna CH-1 Skyhook

what is it?

The Cessna CH-1 Skyhook is the only helicopter ever built by the Cessna Aircraft Company. It was the first helicopter to land on the summit of Pike's Peak and the last piston-engined helicopter to set the helicopter altitude record. The CH-1 had a single, two-bladed main rotor, and a front-mounted reciprocating engine which gave the aircraft a stable center of gravity (CG).

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine · 10.7 m main rotor

base stats

• speed 174 km/htop speed
• seats 3passengers
• size 1,406 kgmax take-off weight
• built 50made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 73 years ago, in 1953.
• 🚗Rotor of 10.7 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1953-07

introduced

1956

number built

50

role

light helicopter

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Cessna

engines

1× Continental FSO-526-A

crew

1

passengers

3

length

9 m

rotor diameter

10.7 m

height

2.5 m

max take-off weight

1,406 kg

top speed

174 km/h

range

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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.