i would love one and one is on ebay buy the mrs would kill me.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/gyroplane-autogyro-gyrocopter-helicopter-microlight_W0QQitemZ280025234252QQihZ018QQcategoryZ32635QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

You'd have to get a white jockey's helmet and refer to it as Little Nelly!

Weren't they banned from flying by the CAA?

That's why it's black - so you can fly it at night and no-one will know!

there not banned i have a two seater little nelly that i built a few years ago scares the hell out of me

Do you have a white jockey's hat?

Ah, right-ho. I must've heard wrong then. it woulda been a shame if they had banned them!

Do you have to wear really tight shorts as well as a white jockey hat?

And go to a ninja school?

There was a restoration program on Discovery a while ago about rebuilding one of these - it was a lot of work.

When I was young and stupid I always wanted one of those.

Very cool. The reason they have a bad rep for safety is they can start 'porpoising' which is unintuitive to control. The cause IIRC is they just hang from the rotors so the main body can swing like a pendulum, the swings can build up and pushing the stick can increase the magnitude if you get it wrong until the whole thing falls out of the sky.

They are actually very safe as losing power means you come down like a sycamore seed almost automatically.

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When I was young and stupid I always wanted one of those.



im old and very stupid

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Peteff - 12/9/06 at 12:05 PM

I love the look of them and the idea of building one. They have the highest fatality rate of any aviation craft in the U.K.

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caber - 12/9/06 at 12:39 PM

I have always fancied one as well. What sort of license do you need to fly them? I saw a whole fleet of autogyros near Perth a couple of years ago they do look fun.

Caber

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iank - 12/9/06 at 12:40 PM

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Originally posted by iank
When I was young and stupid I always wanted one of those.



im old and very stupid

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I'm now middle aged and 'should know better'

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MikeR - 12/9/06 at 01:16 PM

my cousin wanted to build one. Even went as far as organising a holiday that just happened to be next door to the uk annual meeting.

Wife wasn't impressed with the idea and she didn't believe how "lucky" they where to be right next to the annual show on their yearly holiday.

I believe she decided he wasn't going to build one. Shame as he'd have done a good job.

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JonBowden - 12/9/06 at 01:44 PM

well then, does anyone here know what's required to build one and fly it
What does a kit cost?
what does the training cost?

Yes, I know - I'm old and very dumb

what is the fatality rate?

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cct7kitcars - 12/9/06 at 02:06 PM

my kit cost me 25000
the build is not bad the only thing is you have to build it in stages and get it checked then build some more get it checked its like having an sva test after putting on your wishbone then one after fitting the wheels all the way
pain up the ass but bloody good fun

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David Jenkins - 12/9/06 at 02:14 PM

Don't you have to do microlight training & test, plus something extra for the gyrocopter?

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cct7kitcars - 12/9/06 at 03:14 PM

special lisence for these toys

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