There's a video on Youtube showing an autogyro/hang glider, built & flown in the nineties by a rather brave Russian.
I understand the drag is relatively high, in gliding flight:
so can anyone tell me how much thrust is required for an autogiro of a given weight and rotor diameter & number of blades to maintain level flight?
I am new here, but I am hoping someone can enlighten me, perhaps by relating this to glide angles or something.
Dave
I understand the drag is relatively high, in gliding flight:
so can anyone tell me how much thrust is required for an autogiro of a given weight and rotor diameter & number of blades to maintain level flight?
I am new here, but I am hoping someone can enlighten me, perhaps by relating this to glide angles or something.
Dave