For You Pitchy (I want one of these so bad)

[adirondakjack]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUEt1xcL ... re=related

[1894c]

when i see one of those all i can think is that gravity can really suck...ouch... :)

[adirondakjack]

when i see one of those all i can think is that gravity can really suck...ouch...

That's a typical reaction, however they are counter-intuitive when it comes to safety. Unlike a fixed wing, it cannot stall, and unlike a helicopter, it is ALWAYS in auto-rotation, and will simply glide to a relatively smooth landing with power off. Since it has no tail rotor, but a regular tail, it remains steerable all the way in... The only potential catastrophic (very rare) failure would be a rotor or rotor bearing failure. Even power off I see these guys land em like a feather in a few feet of space.

I see a used one in decent shape for $4k, and man am I tempted. A 10,000 ft ceiling and 80 MPH potential in a bird light enough to qualify as an ultralight with an hour of range...... Gotta love it.

[Rusty]

Jack if you're still hanging around Fla you should know that the Sun n' Fun fly in is coming up real soon in Lakeland. I just checked the web site, this year it will be March 27-April 1. http://www.sun-n-fun.org/

They'll have whole sections of everything you can imagine.

[Ji in Hawaii]

I LOVE Gyros in general but being the old fanny burp that I am I especially like the nostalgic design and lines of the puller (tractor) PitBull.
http://pitbullrotorcraft.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5UQZsifzDk

[Pitchy]

no no no no no, i have no intrest in getting that high, at least in a air plane
New a guy that had one once, when he went to land it a side wind tipped it over and tore it up pretty bad.
They are cool and for those that like such things would be fun.
When i fly i want one hand on the stick and the other touching the ground.

[jeepnik]

when i see one of those all i can think is that gravity can really suck...ouch...

Hmm, I think James Bond. Didn't he shoot one down with an AR-7?

[Old Ironsights]

when i see one of those all i can think is that gravity can really suck...ouch...

Hmm, I think James Bond. Didn't he shoot one down with an AR-7?

You don't need to shoot it down. Just like in WWI dogfight days all you have to do is hit the pilot.

I want one too. It would be just the thing out here in WY.

[jeepnik]

when i see one of those all i can think is that gravity can really suck...ouch...

Hmm, I think James Bond. Didn't he shoot one down with an AR-7?

You don't need to shoot it down. Just like in WWI dogfight days all you have to do is hit the pilot.

I want one too. It would be just the thing out here in WY.

No, as I recall, there was a smoke trail as it went over the hill, followed by a fireball. Pretty much equals a Hollywood shoot down.

[Ji in Hawaii]

when i see one of those all i can think is that gravity can really suck...ouch...

Hmm, I think James Bond. Didn't he shoot one down with an AR-7?

Actually James Bond flew a autogyro "Little Nellie" armed with rockets and machine guns in "You Only Live Twice" filmed in Japan shooting down enemy helicopters during a dogfight.

[markinalpine]

no no no no no, i have no intrest in getting that high, at least in a air plane
New a guy that had one once, when he went to land it a side wind tipped it over and tore it up pretty bad.
They are cool and for those that like such things would be fun.
When i fly i want one hand on the stick and the other touching the ground.

And besides, it isn't made out of wood.
Mark

[jeepnik]

when i see one of those all i can think is that gravity can really suck...ouch...

Hmm, I think James Bond. Didn't he shoot one down with an AR-7?

Actually James Bond flew a autogyro "Little Nellie" armed with rockets and machine guns in "You Only Live Twice" filmed in Japan shooting down enemy helicopters during a dogfight.

Okay, in which movie did he run around with the AR-7 in a brief case and shoot down some sort of aircraft with it?

[Griff]

MAYBE... this one?

[Ji in Hawaii]

Okay, in which movie did he run around with the AR-7 in a brief case and shoot down some sort of aircraft with it?

The only James Bond movie I recall that featured a AR-7 was "From Russia with Love" and I believe he did used his AR-7 to shoot a helicopter pilot.

[Pitchy]

MAYBE... this one?

This is more my style

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IczJzM7W ... re=related

[jeepnik]

Okay, in which movie did he run around with the AR-7 in a brief case and shoot down some sort of aircraft with it?

The only James Bond movie I recall that featured a AR-7 was "From Russia with Love" and I believe he did used his AR-7 to shoot a helicopter pilot.

That's the one. Thanks

[adirondakjack]

MAYBE... this one?

This is more my style

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IczJzM7W ... re=related

That might be fun up north, but with all the alligators and other "bitey" stuff they got here in FL, nothing with an air mattress bottom for me, thanks.

[adirondakjack]

Okay, in which movie did he run around with the AR-7 in a brief case and shoot down some sort of aircraft with it?

The only James Bond movie I recall that featured a AR-7 was "From Russia with Love" and I believe he did used his AR-7 to shoot a helicopter pilot.

That's the one. Thanks

That movie was the only time anybody ever made a precision shot with an AR-7, and they had to have 14 editors to do that,

[shooter]

That thing looks like fun even though I'm not crazy about heights. The only problem I see is that it would be hard to fly that thing and shoot pigs at the same time (recently legalized in TX). I would be real interested in a two seater version........

[Ji in Hawaii]

Okay, in which movie did he run around with the AR-7 in a brief case and shoot down some sort of aircraft with it?

The only James Bond movie I recall that featured a AR-7 was "From Russia with Love" and I believe he did used his AR-7 to shoot a helicopter pilot.

That's the one. Thanks

That movie was the only time anybody ever made a precision shot with an AR-7, and they had to have 14 editors to do that,

I believe he was aiming for the tail rotor.