Not so much a flying car as a flying tricycle.
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
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It resembles the 'Little Nellie' Gyrocopter from "You Only Live Twice".
ReplyDeleteThe pusher propeller indicates it's not a helicopter.
Does the driver have to get out to unfurl the rotor and unfold the rear stabilizer?
I wanted a "TRANSFORM!" button!
I would imagine that the idea was to save complexity on feathering the blades: just leave them in one orientation and take care of fore-and-aft motion by pushing with the propeller. On the other hand, I notice a lack of small rotor on a boom or a second counter-rotating large rotor overhead, so maybe this thing was only thought through to some (incomplete) extent.
ReplyDeleteSergei...
ReplyDeleteReread my first comment.
Note the "it's not a helicopter" segment.
Now, Wiki 'Gyrocopter'.
In a gyrocopter to rotor acts as a wing. It is unpowered except for an optional 'powered spin up' which is disengaged before takeoff.
As a consequence, no 'anti-torqe' tail rotor is required.
PS: May I ask your geographical location?
jayessell: no need to wiki gyrocopter, as I already know what one is.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, then. And in keeping with the retro-futuristic tastes of Ephemeral Isle, definitely on-topic. I guess I thought the article linked implied VTOL capability, and concluded helicopter from that.
I am in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US and A. In case you are back in Mr. Szondy's old home, this is a couple hundred miles west of Chicago, and the last outpost of civilization (or at least sizable city) before the West Coast.
Sergej...
ReplyDeleteI should have used the generic term 'Autogyro', as 'gyrocopter' is trademarked.
I'm looking forward to an 'Autogyro Auto'.
My idea for a flying car is a car/helicopter that uses ramjets at the tips of the rotor.
I saw a go-cart sized one on cable.
A decade ago or so Apple had a commercial where a flying car is being designed/presented on a Mac //ci.
Thanks for nothing YouTube!