March 23, 20179 yr Moderator Here is a fascinating article on how Chinese farmers and ordinary citizens are building their own homebrew aircraft. Some of them actually work! http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170312-the-amazing-flying-machines-of-chinese-farmers Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
March 23, 20179 yr Amazing ingenuity. Reminds me of something I heard a while back (apparently true) where someone had attached some JATO rockets to an ordinary car; they set them off and couldn't turn the car when it was going at several hundred mph, and it ploughed into a cliff face. Darwin Award time. Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
March 24, 20179 yr Author Moderator There are few gyrocopters that seem to be quite well designed and built. The JATO rockets mounted on a car however was definitely a classic "Bad Idea." Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
March 24, 20179 yr Seems the JATO story may be one of those internet myths: http://www.snopes.com/autos/dream/jato.asp Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
March 25, 20179 yr This was very nice to read. I've traveled in all sorts of aircraft from airplanes to helicopters, but I've never experienced a flight in a gyrocopter. I've seen them from time to time at Arizona airshows and I was always impressed at how quickly they could get off the ground. Another interesting aerial vehicle from China is the Ehang 184: http://www.ehang.com/ehang184 I don't think I'd ever risk getting in one, but if you're rich and frustrated with traffic during your commute.........
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