iank
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 06:03 PM |
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Now that would be a cool way to arrive at work
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DIY Si
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 06:06 PM |
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And you even get to build it!!!
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Simon
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 06:06 PM |
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Ian,
Don't want to be a bore, but it's been on before
There's a few vids on yt
ATB
Simon
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Omni
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 06:08 PM |
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$30,000 is not bad
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iank
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 06:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Simon
Ian,
Don't want to be a bore, but it's been on before
There's a few vids on yt
ATB
Simon
Has it? Oh well, I remembered another one that looked lethal - this one looks well engineered.
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roadrunner
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 06:16 PM |
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Stuart_B
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 06:17 PM |
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it is cool.
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 06:17 PM |
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I wouldn't believed that if there hadn't been a video especially after mythbusters failed to do it.
Absolutely brilliant and simple!!
Build Blog
Build Photo Album
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tegwin
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 06:27 PM |
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It is rather cool...
But it wouldnt handle going forwards too fast, and there is no way of autorotating (gliding) if the engine cuts out.....so if it goes quiet, its
instant death!
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 06:37 PM |
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Should look up gyrocopters, I want to build one in a few years - loads cheaper and safer.
I'm not sure if it would be a cool way to arrive at work, but it would be a cool way to decapitate your boss!
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UncleFista
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 06:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
It is rather cool...
But it wouldnt handle going forwards too fast, and there is no way of autorotating (gliding) if the engine cuts out.....so if it goes quiet, its
instant death!
It runs 4 125cc engines with clutches, so if 1 fails, it automatically disengages the clutch and you can land on 3/4 power 
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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iank
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 07:06 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dangle_kt
Should look up gyrocopters, I want to build one in a few years - loads cheaper and safer.
I also looked into gyrocopters (due to Little Nellie no doubt). While they are theoretically pretty safe they aren't easy to control
intuitively.
Lots of new gyro pilots die due to 'porpoising' aka Pilot Induced Oscillation, a catastrophic swinging of the cabin under the rotor until
it all lets go and you fall out of the sky.
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Simon
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| posted on 16/4/08 at 09:19 PM |
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Have a look at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfx7TduKwWw
this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c14YD-LO3Dg
this (I love)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmSCyy0_OX4
for the rich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElS9BKSsezw
There was another thing (the one Mythbusters could get to work) that was in development about 5 - 6 years ago, but investors pulled the plug just as
they were about to have success. The idea was used in one of the SpyKids movies. Unfortunately, I can't remember what it was called.
ATB
Simon
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Puk
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 07:44 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dangle_kt
...I'm not sure if it would be a cool way to arrive at work, but it would be a cool way to decapitate your boss!
My boss arrived for work in a chopper once, he landed it on the grass in front of the office. As a young an impressionable aeronautical engineer I
watched fascinated as he touched down, then realized that the bladed are whipping past the window with only a few meters to spare. That was when I
moved out of my office, and found that pretty much every one else whose desk over looked the grass had retreated to the tea room.
Pretty cool stunt though.
Before you judge a guy, walk a mile in his shoes. Then when you judge him, you're a mile a way and you've nicked his shoes.
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 08:39 AM |
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autogyros definably a good way forward if your into this sort of thing.. but as said anything that you fly is iffy if something fails (including pilot
error).. Training is a must!
Having meet Ken Wallis:
and seen him flying, and all the different models he has build/designed in his rather nice workshop at his home.. Kinda tempting..
If you ever get the chance to have a look at what he gets upto it's well worth it..
See
http://www.freeflightsupplies.co.uk/kenwallis.htm
For some photos of him at "home"...
Dan
[Edited on 17/4/08 by Bluemoon]
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