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Old 24th Oct 2005, 05:37
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one for Dave



www.gen-corp.jp/

only 3,600,000 Yen

~US$31K
~AUS$42K
~GBP$18K

strap one on today lizards!
though perhaps more suitable attire requried to actually fly it...

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Old 24th Oct 2005, 17:50
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One for gadgetguru,


Temporarily borowed from Rotary Wing Forum


Power; 30 HP go-cart engine.
Rotor; 2.13 m diameter propeller.


Edit ~ Apparently it was very temporary.

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Old 28th Oct 2005, 11:43
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The Dave photo hosted elsewhere...
The pilot is a robot, you can see the batterie in his back!...
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No, he is a robot because if he were human he would have a very strained face due to the stick up his arse.
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Well if two litres of Tizer is cheaper than Avgas maybe we're witnessing a revolution in personal transport.

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One for Nick,

Since this thread is about light coaxials;
could this be Nick test flying the new Sikorsky X2?



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Anyone know; who, what, when, why about this craft?

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Once again a better pilot seat design was left out ot maybe these concepts are why we have seats the way they are today.
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Back from the corners of the Earth, only slightly fatigued...

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?

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