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  1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of autogyro aircraft?

    Nov 26, 2017 · An Australian Transport Safety Bureau report on accidents between 2004 and 2013 found half of all gyrocopter accidents to be fatal, with the aircraft responsible for the …

  2. Is it possible to have dual contra-rotating rotors on a gyrocopter …

    5 Is it possible to have dual contra-rotating fixed-pitch rotors on a gyrocopter or gyroplane? It would seem to me that it would provide a lot more lift. I am wondering if any disadvantages …

  3. What are the uses of gyroplanes? - Aviation Stack Exchange

    Feb 29, 2016 · The gyrocopter is cheap, versatile, and as easy to operate as an off-road motorcycle. What can it be used for? For everyone's daily ride to work. The owner of Quobba …

  4. Would an Autogryro/Gyrocopter with wings be safer than a …

    Jan 21, 2023 · Typically Autogyros experiencing "negative Gs" will crash. I wonder if an Autogyro with wings would work as a fail safe for this situation? Would it allow the pilot to …

  5. How to calculate the amount of thrust of a autogyro during auto ...

    Sep 26, 2017 · 1 When a autogyro/gyrocopter is in a horizontal steady flight the rotor should be able to provide enough thrust using the auto rotation principle if the horizontal speed can be …

  6. Why aren't there any larger autogyros/gyrocopters?

    May 2, 2024 · Simply put, all the information I've found about autogyros/gyrocopters has been about very small single-engine sport aircraft that can carry the pilot and maybe one passenger. …

  7. Why does XKCD say that autogyros will crash if the pilot reacts to …

    Mar 27, 2018 · So, if you flew a gyrocopter the first rule was to never push forward sharply and unload the blade. Eventually, people who understood aerodynamics and physics got involved. …

  8. How to convert a PPL (Gyrocopter) to a PPL (Helicopter)?

    Feb 11, 2019 · If I have a Private Pilot License (PPL) for gyrocopters, and I want to convert it to PPL for helicopters, are my flight hours in the gyrocopter considered for me as flight hours in …

  9. aircraft design - Aviation Stack Exchange

    Dec 15, 2021 · According to what was said about this aircraft, the rotors (which worked as in an Autogyro/Gyrocopter after the vertical take-off) were able to eliminate 40% of the aircraft's total …

  10. theory - Can a gyro-copter soar? - Aviation Stack Exchange

    Apr 30, 2016 · If one centers the gyro-copter in a thermal and then simulates a hover facing headwind; can the gyro-copter climb up like that ? Is it technically possible or is it advisable....