PAM 100B Individual Lifting Vehicle

PAM 100B
Role	Lifting vehicle
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Performance Aviation Manufacturing Group
First flight	June 1994

The PAM 100B Individual Lifting Vehicle is an American lifting vehicle designed and built by the Performance Aviation Manufacturing Group of Williamsburg, Virginia, it is also designed for amateur construction from a kit of parts.^[1]

Design and development

The project was started in October 1989 with the prototype first flying in June 1994 originally with a single-engine it was later rebuilt with two Hirth F30A two-stroke engines.^[1] The lifting vehicle is an open frame with one person standing on top with a protective tubular framework.^[1] Below the framework the vehicle has two co-axial counter-rotating two-blade rotor with directional control from two small propellers at the ends of the cross-tubes, it has a fixed skid landing gear.^[1]

Variants

PAM 100B

Piston-powered Lifting vehicle with two Hirth F30A engines.^[1]

PAM 100T

Turbine-powered variant with a JFS-100-13 engine.^[1]

PAM 200

Kit-built variant of the 100B.^[1]

UAV

A unmanned variant based on the turbine powered 100T was under development in 2001.^[1]

Specifications (PAM 100B)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2003-04^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Main rotor diameter: 2× 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
• Height: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
• Main rotor area: 132.0 ft² (12.26 m²)
• Empty weight: 600 lb (300 kg)
• Gross weight: 950 lb (431 kg)
• Powerplant: 2 × Hirth F30A flat-four two-stroke engine, 105 hp (78 kW) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 60 mph (97 km/h)
• Cruise speed: 45 mph (72 km/h)
• Range: 25 miles (40 km)
• Service ceiling: 6000 ft (1830 m)

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Jackson 2003, p. 691

Bibliography

• Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2003-2004. Coulsdon, Surrey, United Kingdom: Jane's Information Group. 2003. ISBN 0 7106 2537 5.