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Uploaded by on Oct 30, 2006

This company is thinking "out of the box". This is one awesome gyroplane.... no, make that two awesome gyroplanes

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  • As stated else where this "Carter Smart Strut" landing gear induces not so nice lateral tire movement and loading. You guys should know that you should use equal length control arms.

  • that's not thinking outside of the box. these designs have been tested and proven inefficient. 

  • yes you are right, that is when you have cyclic control,

    I saw that in (two blade semirigid rotor without cyclic control) gyrocopters you are tilting the axis by pushing it

    in helicopters rotor is "tilted" by aerodynamic forces gaven 90 deg before with cyclic control

    what I thought is weight shifting vs aerodynamic forces

    bla bla I am drunk

  • Not true - you just need to apply the torque at 90 degrees to the direction you want to pitch the rotor disc. I believe all rotorcraft use precession to control attitude. It took me a bit to figure out when I was sitting in one of the helicopters my dad flew, rowing the cyclic around in the hanger & wondering why the right-hand blade pitched down when I pushed forwards...

  • the one from 10 years ago? Everyone walked away and they repaired the damage and used it for further testing.

    Thats what you do with new machines - test it to find out what happens before you bring it to market.

    guess you'll never drive a car after watching test crashes either.

  • but that big rotation inertia also gives you gyroscopic effect , that is bad when you want to change angle of rotor axis

  • I love the stuff that Carter Technologies is doing. I've read everything I can find about them, and wish them luck on continued development.

  • You all need to find the video when that first fancy gyroplane crashed.

  • É o futuro da aviação.

    Um abraço

  • The text explains how the rotor is heavier at the tip, to store more energy - this stored energy is what it uses to jump off the ground. Their CCTD can land with a dead engine, pull collective and jump take-off to over 50 ft, then do another safe landing - all on that energy. Smart. No Helo 'dead-man zone'.

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