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gadgetguru
24th Oct 2005, 05:37
http://www.gen-corp.jp/Sozai/photo/Narita2005/CIMG2150.jpg
www.gen-corp.jp/ (http://www.gen-corp.jp/)
only 3,600,000 Yen
~US$31K
~AUS$42K
~GBP$18K
strap one on today lizards! :D
though perhaps more suitable attire requried to actually fly it...
Dave_Jackson
24th Oct 2005, 17:50
One for gadgetguru, :D
http://www.peroxidepropulsion.com/pictures/IMG_5160-B.jpg
Temporarily borowed from Rotary Wing Forum
Power; 30 HP go-cart engine.
Rotor; 2.13 m diameter propeller.
Edit ~ Apparently it was very temporary. :uhoh:
quadrirotor
28th Oct 2005, 11:43
The Dave photo hosted elsewhere...
The pilot is a robot, you can see the batterie in his back!...
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/6229/img5160b8rw.jpg:ok:
Oogle
28th Oct 2005, 12:15
Quad
No, he is a robot because if he were human he would have a very strained face due to the stick up his arse. :ooh:
Simon853
28th Oct 2005, 12:30
Well if two litres of Tizer is cheaper than Avgas maybe we're witnessing a revolution in personal transport. :D
Si
Dave_Jackson
8th Nov 2005, 02:46
One for Nick, :D
Since this thread is about light coaxials;
could this be Nick test flying the new Sikorsky X2?
http://www.unicopter.com/Temporary/OldCoaxial.gif
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Anyone know; who, what, when, why about this craft?
Once again a better pilot seat design was left out ot maybe these concepts are why we have seats the way they are today.
Graviman
8th Nov 2005, 18:25
I have to admit to wondering what would have happened if De la Cierva had decided to put coaxials on instead of hinges. How different would rotorcraft history be? Would a coaxial autogyro work without synchronised rotors?
Mart