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Hughes 300
The Hughes 300 — the small three-blade piston civilian helicopter that taught a generation of military pilots — captured as an RC scale model.
Skill: intermediate
scale
nitro
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About
The Hughes 300 (originally Hughes Model 269) first flew on October 2, 1956, and entered civilian service shortly after. The type became the U.S. Army's primary primary helicopter trainer (as the TH-55 Osage) for two decades, and the civilian Hughes 300 has been a popular flight-training and recreational helicopter ever since. Schweizer Aircraft acquired the design from Hughes in the early 1980s.
In the simulator
A scale helicopter subject. Use it for sport-scale rotorcraft flying with the visual character of the real airframe.
