Kaman KSA-100 SAVER
Equipped with an automatic deployable rotor and a turbofan powerplant; the SAVER is designed to be stored in aircraft for the crewman to escape in emergency. Until ejected, the Stowable Aircrew Vehicle Escape Rotoseat (SAVER) serves as the pilot seat, compact and its telescoping rotor closed. Once deployed, a drogue chute is released to slow the gyroplane before the rotor opens and the engine starts.
The main rotor is not provided power by the engine, providing lift during the descent or by the force of passing air. The powerplant is a turbofan, provided thrust.
Overview
Data on design, manufacture and statusDesign authority: Kaman Aircraft Corporation
Primary manufacturer: Kaman Aircraft Corporation
Parent type: No type defined
Aircraft status: No longer flying
Configuration
Primary flight and mechanical characteristicsVTOL type: Gyroplane
Compound type: N/A compounded with 1 propulsors
Lift devices: 1 Single main rotor
Dedicated control device: 1 Rudder
Crew required: 1 in Single seater arrangement
Landing gear: Wheels (non-retractable)
Key Characteristics
Data on key physical featuresAircraft Details
Data on aircraft configuration, weights, flight performance and equipmentReferences
References and sources usedFebruary 1979 (page 9)
Other
Vertiflite, December 1969, December 1969 (page 10)
Periodical
FLIGHT International, 2 March 1972 (page 338)
Periodical
Vertiflite April 1971, April 1971 (page 6)
Periodical
1999 (page 405)
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