Backpack Gyro

[mgber]

I was wondering if any of you guys thought it would be possiable to design/develope/make a backpack gyro, similar to a backpack powered parachute. Just a thought!

[Cobra Doc]

Anything is possible. I depends on how much time and money you have. I used to listen to other peoples opinions about some of my ideas. I missed out on in-line skates and mountain boards.

[Bob Simmons]

sorry mike, it don't seem possible. it just takes to much thrust to keep something like this in the air. thrust comes from horse power and that means a big pusher engine which weighs a bunch. thats a lot to be putting on your back old buddy.

[mgber]

This would NOT use legs as landing gear. Possiably alum./steel tube behind the legs. By backpack I mean w/o a large, complex frame (think Gyrobee w/o keel tube).
-Mike

[Bob Simmons]

mike, it all has to do with how much weight your trying to pick up that is strapped in to this gyro back pack. it also has to do with how much weight a pilot can hold up and control. the new double bladed mini helicopter has the potential to be a great back pack helicopter for a very lite pilot. the gyro idea would never work because the helicopter pricipals don't apply to the gyro. i fly a gyro. without the engine and the rotor bades, the gyro frame hardly weighs anything. the fuel weighs 40 lbs. and the engine weighs over 130 lbs. (engine. gearbox, prop) and it puts out 340 pounds of thrust to push a set of 25 foot, 70 lb. skywheel rotor blades. it takes the frame to hold all this together to perform flight. you would have to experiance all the power it takes to make all this work together to obtain flight. then you would understand what i am saying. bensen would of already built it if it would of been easy old buddy. of course this is my opinion from my gyro flying experiance.
love ya man............keep asking those questions.



This would NOT use legs as landing gear. Possiably alum./steel tube behind the legs. By backpack I mean w/o a large, complex frame (think Gyrobee w/o keel tube).
-Mike

Originally Posted by mgber

I was wondering if any of you guys thought it would be possiable to design/develope/make a backpack gyro, similar to a backpack powered parachute. Just a thought!

[dragonflyerthom]

Bob you haven't told him about take off speed. I really don't think mgber can run that fast...

Just a thought.


Thom

[Ga6riel]

why on earth would you attempt such a thing
quite unlike Bells Jet Belt, a 20 + ft rotor is hardly backpackable or convenient

that said there was some interest in this notion with a genesis back around the 1950s. Back when there was a lot of field experimentation going on.

[gyroparts]

Just remember that in quite a few accidents where the rotor has hit the ground at flight speed, the mast is sheared off. In this case, that would be your spine!

[SamL]

Dont ask me Who, When, Were, or Why, So here you go!!!!!!

Sam.

[Bob Simmons]

well heck. here i go again. this is one of those contraptions that someone

probably made to get a patent on, but it never really worked. in rescue

training, i had to be suspended from a safety harness. it has been proven by

osha that you can only last a short amount of time in this harness like this

before you die from poor circulation of blood ( it becomes poison to the

body). the same thing happens to a person that has been in a cave-in. it

cuts the blood off and poisons the person when the weight is removed from

the body and the blood re-circulates. The next observation would have to

do with the center of gravity. If you ever get a chance to wear one of

these harnesses, you will realize that it is almost impossible to extend your

arms out in the manner this inventor is trying to show. You will always be

leaning forward and all you can do in this harness is hang. This guy is trying

to sell a product and you can bet it never got off the ground. it’s a great

idea that needs to be improved on. Kind of like the guy that gets an a crowd

together to jump off a bridge with the idea that his home made wings are

going to send him soaring through the sky. I have had the same dreams of

building things like this when I was a kid, that’s why I was so fascinated by

the gyro copter I saw in the back of the comic books I read . Bensen made

my dream come true. All I had to do is buy his proven kit, put it together,

and that would get me flying in the sky. Note: its all good stuff. Dreaming

about this kind of stuff is what got us this far. Knowing what we know now,

helps us understand pictures and ideas like this don’t mean a thing, unless he

was flying it around in the sky to prove it works. My opinion.

[SamL]

Bob
The harness blood poisoning thingy I had no idea about.
Thats interesting as many years ago I did some joint training with the U.S. Rangers, were we were taught to absail using rope harnesses.
I guess this would make things even worse. Seemed lots of fun at the time !!!!

Regards SamL

[dragonflyerthom]

Bob

You are a wealth of OSHA information.


Thom

[Cobra Doc]

Just 'cause it hasn't been done or isn't practical doesn't mean it can't be done. Look at computerized toasters (No, not the Toyota Scion!)! I don't see where they accomplish anything, but lots of people buy them!!

[Ga6riel]

thats a bit like
GM is in difficulty being unable to market its products
yet Toyota cant produce enough hybrid cars
you would think the line of sight is easy but
for some reason monolithic manufacturers are too slow to respond

sorry off the track a tad

[Bob Simmons]

Remember this statement old buddy. i think its the one your refering to.
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Note: its all good stuff. Dreaming

about this kind of stuff is what got us this far. Knowing what we know now,

helps us understand pictures and ideas like this don’t mean a thing, unless he

was flying it around in the sky to prove it works. My opinion.
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Originally Posted by Cobra Doc

Just 'cause it hasn't been done or isn't practical doesn't mean it can't be done. Look at computerized toasters (No, not the Toyota Scion!)! I don't see where they accomplish anything, but lots of people buy them!!