Comments on: Build A Glider-Copter http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/06/build-a-glider-copter/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:15:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MrG http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/06/build-a-glider-copter/comment-page-1/#comment-1064334 MrG Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:01:37 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6551#comment-1064334 Igor Bensen was actually successful in his niche: http://www.vectorsite.net/avgyro.html (see section 2) I was down at an airshow in Florida last spring and there were Bensen-style gyrocopters in evidence along with other ultralights. Cheer -- MrG Igor Bensen was actually successful in his niche:

http://www.vectorsite.net/avgyro.html (see section 2)

I was down at an airshow in Florida last spring and there were Bensen-style gyrocopters
in evidence along with other ultralights.

Cheer — MrG

]]> By: Scott http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/06/build-a-glider-copter/comment-page-1/#comment-1064332 Scott Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:36:50 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6551#comment-1064332 Gyros have always interested me. Can I assume that the take-off distance/speed is less than a conventional glider? If so, I guess that also means staying aloft is more difficult than with a fixed-wing glider. Maybe that's why this idea didn't "take off." Gyros have always interested me. Can I assume that the take-off distance/speed is less than a conventional glider? If so, I guess that also means staying aloft is more difficult than with a fixed-wing glider. Maybe that’s why this idea didn’t “take off.”

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