one for Dave
 

http://www.gen-corp.jp/Sozai/photo/N...5/CIMG2150.jpg

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...

One for gadgetguru, :D

http://www.peroxidepropulsion.com/pi...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:

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:

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:

Well if two litres of Tizer is cheaper than Avgas maybe we're witnessing a revolution in personal transport. :D

Si

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.

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?

Mart