planedriver Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Large scale model of "Little Nellie" Brilliant! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Made it look easy. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thruster88 Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Gyrocopters are interesting and fun to watch but I have no desire to fly in one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Barnes Wallis would be proud. Lovely scale flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Litespeed, I think you're thinking of Kenneth Horatio Wallis, not the designer of the WW2 "bouncing bomb". 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 You could be right. I have been wrong before and will again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 No, you were wrong about that. (being wrong before, not this time.) Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 So you saying it was Barnes Wallis? No it was Wing commander Kenneth Wallis. So I was wrong. Now that feels about normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 You know the old saying - "If a man says something in the woods, and there are no women there, is he still wrong?" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootstrapper Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 @ Thruster88 I have flown a gyroplane. They look scary from the ground, but the ride is much smoother than a fixed-wing. They have a high tolerance for gusts and turbulence and in an emergency (like an engine failure) they can land safely in spaces a fixed-wing can't. The main danger with gyros - the equivalent of the stall in a fixed-wing - is the 'power push-over' aka 'Pilot-Induced Oscillation' which is largely caused by excessive airspeed. Contemporary designs feature a fixed horizontal stabiliser and lower thrust-lines to alleviate this issue. Their main drawback is thay they're aerodynamically inefficient, compared to a fixed-wing and not the best choice for long-distance travel, unless you're not in a hurry and don't care about fuel burn/cost. Gyros are best suited for recreational aviation - the aerial equivalent of a dirt-bike. With the video, larger (R/C) gyros appear to fly better than small ones. Maybe scale is a factor? I'm told that Ken Wallace himself, flew "Little Nellie" for the scenes in the movie. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 "If a man says something in the woods, and there are no women there, is he still wrong?" I asked my wife and she said, "Of course." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBob Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 I came across a nice description the other day: "Often wrong, but never unsure" Would seem to describe the various muppets running various countries? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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