The Bensen B-10 Propcopter was an unconventional VTOL aircraft developed by Igor Bensen in the United States in the late 1950s.
The pilot sat astride a beam that had an engine mounted at either end of it, each driving a rotor to provide lift.
Each of these rotors was surrounded by a system of four pivotable vanes to direct its downwash, and linked to a control stick for the pilot, this provided control of the craft.
Only a single prototype (registered N56U) was built.
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