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Originally posted by tbm3fan View PostIsn't that a gyro copter? Was talking to a fellow at my Cougar car show when someone he knew walked up and he related the flight he took in the man's gyro copter over Larry Ellison's estate.Originally posted by Dazed View PostWallis WA-116 Agile it's an autogyro. The rotor is unpowered. Tbm3fan I know a former TBM pilot who owns an autogyro.
Here's a still photo of several of the autogyros on display.
"Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."
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Originally posted by Firestorm View PostChinese "Hunting Eagle" autogyro.
But I cheated by searching for "Chinese autogyro" on Google after your hint.
Video of it in flight. If I could've found a video without the fanboy Wagner musical flourish, I'd have posted that instead.
https://youtu.be/wKcpZJwZAPM?t=28
Full article: https://www.popularmechanics.com/mil...ll-james-bond/
The Chinese Army Is Going Full James Bond
The Chinese military is putting a little-used aircraft concept to work. Looking like something out of the classic James Bond film You Only Live Twice, the Hunting Eagle gyrocopter is going into People's Liberation Army (PLA) service.
Developed by Shaanxi Baoji Special Vehicles, the Hunting Eagle is expected to operate in the search and rescue, border control, reconnaissance, anti-riot, and other roles. It will also be used to self-deploy Chinese special forces on missions into enemy territory.
Gyrocopters are different from helicopters in having an unpowered main rotor. A rearward-facing, engine-powered propeller provides thrust, and once sufficient speed is gained, the main rotor begins to rotate, providing lift. Gyrocopters were actually developed before helicopters, which at the time were thought technologically unfeasible.
Little is known at this time about the Hunting Eagle's performance specifications, in particular load carrying capacity and range. The Hunting Eagle has been developed in one-, two- and three-man versions. Perhaps not surprisingly, there is some grumbling online that the Hunting Eagle bears a very strong resemblance to German gyrocopter manufacturer MTO's designs."Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."
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OK did my homework this time.
Bartini Beriev VVA-14 it is missing its wings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartini_Beriev_VVA-14 In flight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAk3kwXfEWk
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