It’s ludicrous to install a $30,000 engine on what amounts to nothing more than an aerial dirt bike/jet ski.
Several mentally deranged Englishmen have crossed the North Atlantic in rowboats. Doesn’t mean it’s a smart move or a viable means of transportation no matter how reliable the oars may be.
Vance, I think you have summed up absolutely perfectly the joy of flying lane:I love the connection I experience as the entire feel of the aircraft changes with power or altitude changes. I can feel her working up the hills and loafing down the hills. I always give her a little pat when we arrive at our intended destination at close to our ETA.
Well Mike convinced me, I'll stay with suby's.
Graeme.
Ask SportCopter about their experience with Subaru's and why they switched to Lycoming.
Mark
...and that was one more vital step of an exponential growth that has extended mankind's reach beyond our galaxy.
Cierva paved the way for the helicopter with his invention of the Autogiro but his dream ended up in the dustbin of history.
All attempts since WWII to revive the concept of the gyroplane as a useful vehicle have failed; the A&S 18A, the Canadian Avian, the McCullough J-2 and efforts by Groen and Carter. A solution looking for a problem that consumed a ton of money.
A gyro doesn’t do anything that a J-3 Cub or Aeronca Champ can’t do as well or better on 65 HP. When these light airplanes go 75-mph, their wings are also going at the same speed, not 300-400 mph. Therein lies the problem.
All gyroplanes being flown today are derivatives of Bensen designs; 2-blade teetering rotors, tilt head cyclic control with offset gimbal pivots for stabilizing feedback. Most use the same double row ball bearing in the rotorhead as Bensen used. Even down to the 2½-inch wide hub bar.
There’s not a thing wrong with the gyroplane as a toy for hobbyists and like many other hobbies, it’s up to the participant to spend whatever amount of money he chooses and can afford.
My goal, one that I’ll never achieve, is a gyro no heavier I. I’ve never weighed more than 160 lbs.
The gyro in the flick previously posted is the nearest I’ve ever come, Brian, at 240 lbs. I’d have to gain 80 lbs. to achieve my dream.
I think Bones wins Brian, he has more "la la's" than you.
Graeme.
Subaru’s link to aircraft engines is pretty nebulous.
When Subaru undertook a light aircraft resembling a low wing Piper, they used a Lycoming.