RC planes plus full-sized autogyros and gokarts09:13

G’day Bruce,

By Jove, those Gyrogoflopters do look rather horrible when there’s not much
Wind…; all the climbout performance of a Soggy Doughnut in a Frisbee
Competition..!

Encompassing all the disadvantages of both Aeroplanes and Helicopters, and
with none of the advantages of either, tied to a long flat smooth Runway
(because of the tiny wheels), with a horribly high-drag inefficient “Wing”
which flies on the Lift generated by the Leading-Edge of the *unpowered
Disc,* as it autorotates ; so it glides at 1:1 in a Straight Line, can’t
hover, can’t fly backwards or sideways, nor go straight up, but in a strong
and steady wind *if the Engine is running* then they can appear to climb
tolerably well and land quite steeply, at very low forward *Groundspeed…*
, too…

But, if you dive one at full throttle from say 300 Ft to 50 Ft, then
pull-up from a 20-degree Dive into a 20-degree Climb and roll 30 Degrees as
the Nose rises above the Horizon….; then the Gyrogoflopter will make the
much sought-after *”whop Whop WHOP !”* noises, which allow the GyroKapitan
to imagine what it would be like to be able to afford to fly a real
Helicopter…, and, *that’s* what they’re really good for.

As far as I can make out.

I know a bloke who tried to go fishing in his Gyrogoflopter once, in
company with a Dragonfly Ultralight, and after the Worms had been fed to
the River Gods, it emerged that the Gyro couldn’t levitate off the
unimproved Paddock 600 yards long, 6 times he tried it ; before finally a
Rope Loop was tied between the inner ends of the Dragonfly’s Rear Spars,
and that’s what the GyroKapitan sat in, for the 30 mile flight back to the
Airfield to collect a Trailer & 4WD to head out overland to rescue his
stranded “Flying Machine”.

As soon as he was home it went on the market, and he built himself a Fixed
Wing Ultralight, instead…; an actual Flying Machine, instead of a
Pretend-Helicopter… (true story !).

Have a good one,

;-p

Ciao !

Looks like a fun day out. Radjet launch – about 70% right aileron & 70%
power – works wonders !

nice.
what video do you use to record this stuff?
Do you use this for your studio work also?

Bruce, what was that wing that he was flying? It hauls butt!

That first gyro seemed to have a cg problem like mine! Lol

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