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Originally posted by flyUnityPhillippe Cousteau used to fly around in one of those things.I believe he was beheaded in a crash.
Im seriously thinking of buying this:
http://www.vortechonline.com/specials/rangergyro.htm
But everyone who sees it is scared to death of this thing. If you had a friend who owned one of these things, would you go on a ride with him?
Originally posted by flyUnityYou're a lunatic. That thing looks like it was designed by a five year old with an overly active imagination and a box of crayons. If I had a friend who owned one of those I wouldn't even ride with him in his car!
Im seriously thinking of buying this:
http://www.vortechonline.com/specials/rangergyro.htm
But everyone who sees it is scared to death of this thing. If you had a friend who owned one of these things, would you go on a ride with him?
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Originally posted by flyUnityExcellent way to beat the morning traffic on the way to the office. Until your engine stalls. I would say maintenance would be very costly. Better find a very good licensed Aircraft Mechanic and a good parts supplier.
Im seriously thinking of buying this:
http://www.vortechonline.com/specials/rangergyro.htm
But everyone who sees it is scared to death of this thing. If you had a friend who owned one of these things, would you go on a ride with him?
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Originally posted by aspviper666http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillipe_Cousteau
Phillippe Cousteau used to fly around in one of those things.I believe he was beheaded in a crash.
"He died in 1979 in a PBY Catalina flying boat crash."
(i.e., a flying boat, not a gyrocopter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBY_Catalina )
Originally posted by flyUnityDefinately would. I'd prefer to try hang gliding. [powered type]
If you had a friend who owned one of these things, would you go on a ride with him?
Like these;
http://www.sabretrikes.com/photos.html
Be handy if they gave you a parachute with 'em though.
Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveYea, now thats more what I would like. A lot safer too, I would think. And a lot more fun. Yipppeeeee, yipeeeee, yahhhhh, whoooooo!
Definately would. I'd prefer to try hang gliding. [powered type]
Like these;
http://www.sabretrikes.com/photos.html
Be handy if they gave you a parachute with 'em though.
Originally posted by flyUnityMy take on it is its not as bad as the rest of the bunch here say but I did notice a couple of things, one, it uses a Subaru engine, I think those engines are very reliable, thats the good news. The bad news is the vertical lift rods I see in photos 5 and 6 show something I don't like: They connect to an eyebolt but how they do it I don't like, and this is a critical point. If you look close at the photo you see two bolts connecting the rods to the eyebolts. Now if that was say, on a lawn mower, I would say no big deal but here we have it on the key assemblies that causes the blades to move in a twisting motion that keeps the thing in the air. If those rods, either one, breaks, you can kiss being airborne goodbye. If you notice, those two bolts in each rod are rather large and thus take up a good portion of the circumferance of the rod and so destroy by its design, some of the durability of those rods. To be as strong as it can be, there should be a connecting technique that does not drill holes like that in a critical connecting junction, not sure what that technique would be to prove out in the reliablilty issue, such as simply spot welding, which does not remove material from the shaft but may lead to cracking on a piece that gets whipped up and down with considerable force. Other than that, it doesn't look much differant than other designs of its type. I think people are put off by the open cockpit arrangement but its just as open with an ultralight, however I think this contraption probably goes ten times faster and so would have that much more danger in a crash. I would not count on having a parachute to help you in a beast like this, if something happened, how would you get away from all those rotating parts, if you had to jump off for instance?
Im seriously thinking of buying this:
http://www.vortechonline.com/specials/rangergyro.htm
But everyone who sees it is scared to death of this thing. If you had a friend who owned one of these things, would you go on a ride with him?
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Originally posted by sonhouseI saw an invention that came out a few years ago for light aircraft. It was a large parachute for the actual plane, all operated from within the cockpit; for example if the engine failed. I saw a video of it working - maybe they could incorporate something like that. With the hang-glider type maybe you can still glide down if the engine fails - I expect it depends on the weight you're carrying.
I would not count on having a parachute to help you in a beast like this, if something happened, how would you get away from all those rotating parts, if you had to jump off for instance?
As long as it's not the fat bloke from the bridge. 😀
Originally posted by flyUnityDepends on the friend.
Im seriously thinking of buying this:
http://www.vortechonline.com/specials/rangergyro.htm
But everyone who sees it is scared to death of this thing. If you had a friend who owned one of these things, would you go on a ride with him?
How fun would it be to go above a crowd with a load of water bombs?
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Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveYes, that concept is being worked on to include planes like the 747, bohunk big pieces of screaming machine! The main point here is you don't see this kind of whole plane parachute on a helicopter, where could you put it so it doesn't get chopped to bits by the rotors? Remember, if you make a box above the rotors and expect to deploy a parachute out of it during problems, look at the air under the blades, its pushing down a big volume of air towards the ground to push the heli up. So that means if your chute tries to open, the air above the blades will be pulled DOWN into the blades and down towards the ground. So it would pull a chute right with it. That would mean you could only deploy a chute if the blades have stopped running. There are a lot of heli crashes I have seen on tv where the whole thing tilts on its side and now you have blades pulling air from left to right or vs versa, either way not a great scenario for launching a parachute.
I saw an invention that came out a few years ago for light aircraft. It was a large parachute for the actual plane, all operated from within the cockpit; for example if the engine failed. I saw a video of it working - maybe they could incorporate something like that. With the hang-glider type maybe you can still glide down if the engine fails - I exp ...[text shortened]... depends on the weight you're carrying.
As long as it's not the fat bloke from the bridge. 😀