Is this how gyrocopters started/ATV ???

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Is this how gyrocopters started/ATV ???

Postby Alkemac » Thu Jun 10, 2010 1:01 pm

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Re: Is this how gyrocopters started ???

Postby Wargames » Thu Jun 10, 2010 3:03 pm

No, Here is why and how!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP6VnbeWXSY
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Re: Is this how gyrocopters started ???

Postby Bennie Vorster » Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:03 pm

Atleast they did not have engin outs in those days.... :wink:
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Re: Is this how gyrocopters started ???

Postby Wargames » Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:28 pm

Bennie Vorster wrote:Atleast they did not have engin outs in those days.... :wink:
unless the tugger had an engine out :shock: :shock:
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Re: Is this how gyrocopters started ???

Postby Alkemac » Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:27 pm

Ok... now I have seen everything...

All in one cross country/off road vehicle!
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Re: Is this how gyrocopters started/ATV ???

Postby Alkemac » Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:04 pm

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Re: Is this how gyrocopters started/ATV ???

Postby Gyronaut » Sun Jun 13, 2010 9:05 am

Gyro's actually flew before helicopters - in 1923!

The best footage of how Autogyro's started that I know of is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MwxHCzGbY

It also explains dissymetery of lift very nicely.

Another good one is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbalOh4smnM

As a matter of interest, Amelia Earhart set the world altitude record and did the first trans-Atlantic Crossing in a Gyro in the 1930's!

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