[151]

I dunno.....the song "Rocky Mountain High" comes to mind.

 

[sportbikebandit]

Autogryro trivia

Didn't James Bond use one of these things back in the 60's? " Ken Wallis also built and flew one of the most famous autogyros - "Little Nellie" - in the James Bond movie "You Only Live Twice".

 

[8345]

gyro-copter.

built in the 60's.

kits came with tube frames and you put your own lycoming or VW engine in the back. (now the engine of choice is a subaru inline 4).

nothing new except the name.

http://www.marchfield.org/gyrocopter.htm

 

[seruzawa]

Great idea. Instead of drive by shootings we can have fly by bombings.



Instead of road rage we can have a new air age of air rage.



This device could have an entire plethora of handy uses. A big bag of bird shyt dropped on the boss's house comes to mind. Or seeing who can come closest to dropping a water balllon on Sean at the race track as he's barrelling along with his butt in the air. Extra points for a direct hit.

 

[pplassm]

Oh, WOW!!!! A Benson Gyrocopter with an nosewheel!!!!



Ya know, there's a few of us with aviation backgrounds out here. Hell, even SBP (SBB???) may weigh in!

 

[fxrt]

I really could have used one of these at Sturgis last year!

 

[LiionsRest]

Sorry to get off topic, but a friend is asking me to ride to Sturgis this year. 1600 miles from Virginia is a long way. Want to know if someone riding a non-Harley bike (Moto Guzzi Breva 1100) would be given a bunch of grief.

 

[37826]

This is the second time that I have heard this.



Why is the Subie Flat Four so popular?

 

[37826]

An unpowered rotor on top creates enough lift ...



Did I read that right? Am I missing something?

 

[bigjames]

and the Darwin award winner is...

 

[pplassm]

IIRC, a fews years back a magazine writer showed up with a VFR and was not treated badly. Course, it was a GIRL.

 

[pplassm]

It's called an autogyro. They've been around since the 30's.

 

[AJones]

All private flight transportation aimed at the masses will remain purely conceptual for the simple fact that 90% of the mass public have enough trouble navigating in a 2D plane without screwing up. I shudder at the thought of a morning commute in the skies. At least the salvage yards and scrap metal processors would have job security!

 

[53331]

Oh yeah,I could just seethis flying across"the hood"or "redneckville" e.g."Look bro,put down that crackpipe and get the tech 9,we got sum shootin,to do!or "Damn Zeke this gotta be the biggest goose I evah seen!Git da Mossburg!"

 

[23063]

Not on a Guzzi. Are you going to stop and help out the stranded HD rider?

 

[23063]

I need to subscribe to Popular Mechanics again. Is that magazine still around? I seem to remember thay had plans for building an autogyro, hang glider, and hot air balloon, etc. using discarded materials around your house - Oh, and the always available used lawn mower engine. Or was that for the doodle bug?

 

[svo68]

I believe I could strap the 7.62 semi-auto to the thing and make sure no one flew in front of me.