Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Can't understand a word she's saying on the radio, but sure looks like fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Ahem...nice rotors... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 It's an odd-looking, but still cute li'l booger! Cruises at 90 mph... http://www.autogyrousa.com/pdf/Cavalon_Brochure_2013.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 What was she doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barleycorn, SASS #76982 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Starting at $80,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 I had no idea that anyone still build autogyros. The only one I ever saw was built by Harry Durant of Anaheim, CA. Had a 1600cc VW engine and the rest was pretty much built by Harry himself.. Only flew once and was very successful. Ugly as a bucketful of sin, but very successful. Harry is a story all by himself, but way too long to tell here. Just a hint: he started flying a "kite" observation plane (I can never recall the type) against Pancho Villa's rebels before WWI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Ahem...nice rotors... +1 and what difference does it make what she said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish ike, SASS #43615 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Nice to see she's thinking water crash and is wearing her inflatable life vest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 I think it inflated prematurely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Now THAT'S what a Mae West should really look like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Howdy, I just gotta say....thank u pard. Best CR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Bullweed Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Clark Gable and Claudette Cobert in 'It Happened One Night' shows a gyro-plane with about 15 minutes before the end. Cool equipage. Nice little movie that was remade several times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Flimshaw Sass# 73310 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) Fairly popular in Europe with many different models, but have never really caught on in the u.s. My helicopter instructor was a test pilot on the Mcolloch gyrocopter in the 60's ( the same people that made chainsaws) http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/mcculloch_j-2.php Edited December 24, 2016 by Doc Flimshaw Sass# 73310 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunHack Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Thank you .. I am in love .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Flimshaw Sass# 73310 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I think the idea of these videos is to get as many people as possible to watch, and I believe she's figured that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I am surprised there are any pictures out the left window. Is forward flight necessary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger #3720LR Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) Auto-gyro... Main rotor is free spinning and required forward movement to create air flow over the blades. A motor either in front of behind is used to move the aircraft forward. Some auto-gyros use a clutch devise that engages the engine to the main rotor to pre spin the main rotor for short distant takeoff. This pre spin devises s not used in flight. First auto-gyro 1923 (museum replica) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autogyro#/media/File:La_Cierva_C-6.jpep photos https://www.google.com/search?q=gyrocopter&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjygLm49ozRAhWCxFQKHdCUD_cQ_AUICigD&biw=1600&bih=732 Edited December 24, 2016 by Cliff Hanger #3720LR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I think just about anything would be fun with her!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Flimshaw Sass# 73310 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I am surprised there are any pictures out the left window. Is forward flight necessary? Some have a jump takeoff feature that overspeeds the rotor and then suddenly engages pitch, result is it jumps into the air, but since the rotor is unpowered it always need airflow through the rotor to keep it going so no hover (unless strong wind) I'd skip ahead to 1:30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Very cool. You fly 'em. I'll watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conestoga Smith, SASS #18219 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 WHat-OH! THAT kind of Gyro! I was expectin' a photo shoot featuring Greek mutton, sliced thin, on a pita ! Oh yes, and a server or prep person looking far better than yours truly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uno Mas SASS #80082 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 How's 'bout dat? They finally made sumthin' uglier than a helichopper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted December 25, 2016 Author Share Posted December 25, 2016 Uh... Uno? Put yer spectacles back on... that's no way to talk 'bout the young lady... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 My wife says she doubts this was posted cause your an aviation enthusiast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Flimshaw Sass# 73310 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 My wife says she doubts this was posted cause your an aviation enthusiast. What? there's an aircraft in that video? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Somewhere.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 My wife says she doubts this was posted cause your an aviation enthusiast. *Ahem* Back 'bout the middle seventies a buddy and I shared an apartment in Pacifica. On a whim, Bill and I decided to take a ground school class down the road a bit at Skyline College. Now, it just so happened that Bill's girlfriend was from a little town up on the Russian River. Both her parents were doctors, and for fun her dad and brothers had an old Cessna 172 they'd bomb around in. Which was very cool, as we were invited to come up and "play" with her brothers and the aeroplane. Well, it seems that big brother thought "yours truly" had some sort of natural affinity for flying; heck, landing that thing was like pulling into my driveway. Or so I said to "brother." Shoulda kept my mouth shut. Next thing I knew, over lunch the brothers and Dad told us about this gyro copter they'd built. It was all ready to go - or would be as soon as they installed the engine! And they had a plan! They wanted to haul it to the airport (an old Army Air Corp training base with very little traffic) for "test flying." The plan was, they wanted to strap in some sandbags the same weight as the engine for ballast, then tow it down the runway behind one of the bro's Jeep and "kite" the thing for some test flying. And Golly Gee, Hardpan... we'd be right honored if you'd accept the honor of being our "tethered test pilot!" Huh! Well, wonders never cease! As young and dumb as I was even back then, I had enough sense to politely decline...! But I do still find 'em kinda fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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