Street legal gyro

[nomie]

Since its so quiet in here (Is Avcom the official gyro forum now?), and I thought it was pretty interesting, here is a street legal Autogyro Calidus conversion from the Czech Republic. Looks like they added some side mirrors and an electric motor to drive the front wheel (From rotary forum):

[nomie]

Looks like they protect the rotors with some kind of cabling system over the rotor head.

[greg vos]

would not get approval in many places, looking at the prop unprotected its just waiting to connect with a person walking through the traffic at a stop light.... I think they would be great in certain suburbs

[nomie]

Hehe if you turn the prop to an optimal position I don't think it will protrude much further than the horizontal stabilizer.

This kit is obviously not a good solution for the everyday commute...

but...

Maybe the electric motor (and the rest of the kit) is a good solution for safely taxiing/driving from the airfield to a nearby petrol station and back during a cross country? ...

[FO Gyro]

Interesting. Can't imagine the range using the electric motor would be much, but it's a good idea.