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Street legal gyro

Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 11:30 am
by 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):

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Re: Street legal gyro

Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 11:32 am
by nomie
Looks like they protect the rotors with some kind of cabling system over the rotor head.

Re: Street legal gyro

Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 6:21 pm
by 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 :wink:

Re: Street legal gyro

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 8:52 am
by 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? ...

Re: Street legal gyro

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 10:29 pm
by FO Gyro
Interesting. Can't imagine the range using the electric motor would be much, but it's a good idea.