Bensen B-5 (original) (raw)

The Bensen B-5 was a small rotor kite developed by Igor Bensen in the United States and offered and marketed for home building in 1954. Dubbed the "Gyro-Glider", it was the first of several such designs that would be sold by Bensen Aircraft Corporation over the following decades. The aircraft was intended to be towed behind a car, and could be built at home from easily obtained materials in about three to four weeks. The B-5 was also the model converted to the Bensen Mid-Jet which was powered by two tip mounted ramjets for military use.