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Originally posted by AThousandYoungThe gyrocopter still has an engine which gives it the forward thrust, the the rotor blades are tilted againts the relative wind. Imagine the the rotors are falling though the air then it starts to spin, thus creating the lift. (Spinning rotors = lift)
How do you make the air come from the bottom?
You probaly made paper gyrocopters that when you lift it up high, then let go, it spins itself all the way to the ground, now add an engine that gives it forward thrust and it will change relative wind direction, and it will continue to fly withought dropping
How do you think a helicopter glides when an engine goes out? same principle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorotation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrocopter
Originally posted by flyUnityStatistically they may be safer but actually they won't be. The stats will be biased because there will obviously be far tighter regulation for that thing that a car. Hence as any idiot is allowed to drive a car, there are proportionally more crashes. If Joe Blogs got in one of those i would definely bet on him killing himself.
ok, but why is it that people think that these are way to dangerous to go on, when the odds of crashing a 4wheeler is greater? yet the same people who are scared to fly, will gladly go on a 4wheeler.
Originally posted by flyUnityThe toys and gliding helicopters cannot gain altitude. They just slow down their rate of fall.
The gyrocopter still has an engine which gives it the forward thrust, the the rotor blades are tilted againts the relative wind. Imagine the the rotors are falling though the air then it starts to spin, thus creating the lift. (Spinning rotors = lift)
You probaly made paper gyrocopters that when you lift it up high, then let go, it spins itself all the wa ...[text shortened]... principle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorotation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrocopter
Originally posted by nickhawkerI disagree. Talk with any pilot, they will say flying is safer then a driving a car. I swear I read almost every airplane crash in the United States. Even though Aviation is the most regulated thing in the world, Ultralights and the smaller gyrocopters is not regulated at all, in fact you dont need a licence, you can be any age, you dont have to have any training, and your ultralight can be in any condition, or you can build it yourself. Any idiot can fl one of them things, whereas a car, you have to be a certian age, and pass some test's etc.
[b]Statistically they may be safer but actually they won't be. The stats will be biased because there will obviously be far tighter regulation for that thing that a car. Hence as any idiot is allowed to drive a car, there are proportionally more crashes. If Joe Blogs got in one of those i would definely bet on him killing himself.[/b]
When your flying, you dont have to worry about drunken drivers, crowded traffic, animals crossing the road, you could jerk the steering wheel and not harm anything, you can even fall asleep and still survive (unless you stay asleep to long) and even if your engine quits, simply glide to the safest spot, and you got maybe a min or two.
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Originally posted by flyUnityI thought those rods were to control the pitch of the blades while it was in flight, like a helicopter. I guess I was wrong, Maybe with autogyration you don't need to twist the blades to provide forward thrust. You know what I am talking about with that, right?
I'm not quite understanding what your talking about. Are you talking about the auto-rotater? The autorotater is only used on the ground to get the blades going, then is disengages before takeoff, if it fails it would have no impact on a flight.
Or are you talking about the rods the controls the rotor? I wouldn't see why there would need to be strength on that because it goes to the control stick, it don't support anything.
Forward thrust would be from the rear prop.
Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveBut with a plane, you can often see the crash coming and prepare for it. Thus I would expect plane crashes to be more under control than car crashes.
With a plane; crash and you [b]expect to die.
With a road vehicle; crash and you wouldn't expect to die, just to smash up your car. [maybe have a few injuries]
Statistics may prove otherwise but that is what would be in my mind.[/b]