GyroCyp;n1128343 said:. . . and if during autorotation, we could transfer ALL the engine power to the rotor, disengaging the prop, could we possibly survive a vertical descent?
Tomgyro;n1128348 said:There are so many ideas wrong in your question the least harmful answer is an old proverb:
It is better to remain quiet and be thought to be a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Every landing in ever autogyro style flying machine is a " descent without power" all the way safely to the ground.
There may be a word usage problem here. But XXavier I don't believe you make your landings with Power to the ROTORS as was implied in the first post.XXavier;n1128354 said:Not true... Landing with power is not unusual. I land that way most of the times...
And asking questions is a very good way to learn, as Vance points out...
Tomgyro;n1128355 said:There may be a word usage problem here. But XXavier I don't believe you make your landings with Power to the ROTORS as was implied in the first post.
GyroCyp;n1128367 said:Thanks for your replies guys. Exchange of thoughts/questions (right, wrong, irrelevant) is the name of the learning game.
Sooooo, provided we ignore, for the moment, the torque (opposite spin) issue, would we have been able to descent at a lower vertical speed?
Vance;n1128417 said:I figured twenty five inches of travel on the mains and nineteen inches on the nose with lots of dampening and two rate springs. Left and right mains were connected with a thing that looked like a anti-roll bar on a car to manage roll.
GyroCyp;n1128472 said:For the same reason that parachutists jump off a perfectly flying aeroplane. For the pleasure of it.