How cool is this!! -Scooter replacement?

[ChrisL]

As long as it doesn't have a comformatic box i'd love one

 

[tonysuvla]

I notice they play loud music over it so you can't hear how loud they actually are.

I do not look forward to the days of the flying car. It is bad enough with loud car engines at the moment without those things in the air as well.

My electric car is very quiet.

 

[Gromett]

My electric car is very quiet.

That is the biggest reason I am an EV fan. I am fed up of being disturbed by daft ****s with loud exhaust flying past.

Viva the EV revolution

 

[G-RMPS]

It's not the fall that kills you. It's the...............................all together now.......it's the lan...........

Aye, it's only the last foot that hurts.

 

[stuartholmes]

Another take on the same basic idea

That's a seriously steep climb, I thought she was going to do a back somersault. But nice!

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[Guigsy]

My electric car is very quiet.

Beating the crap out of the air at a few thousand rpm in order to lift yourself vertically off the ground is never going to be quiet, no matter what the drive is.

 

[steve69]

Does anyone remember Gyrocopters.
Back in the 1960s they were.
Even in a James bond film I think.
That never took off did it.
Well, it did but you know what I mean.

 

[G-RMPS]

It really did take off (pun not intended). Agreed, not as the minimalist transport but certainly as a flying motorbike, or a bubble car.

 

[Captain Yoghurtpot]

Think I would sooner have a small 2 seater hovercraft.

 

[The Wino]

Does anyone remember Gyrocopters.
Back in the 1960s they were.
Even in a James bond film I think.
That never took off did it.
Well, it did but you know what I mean.

Flew in one a few years ago great fun

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[Bubbleblower]

$128,000 in kit form and 30 minutes flying time. All of 24’ and 25’ allocated builds already sold. Taking orders for 26’ with an $8k deposit. Don’t think we’ll be seeing too many buzzing around. Looks great fun though!

 

[SpeedyDux]

Does anyone remember Gyrocopters.
Back in the 1960s they were.
Even in a James bond film I think.
That never took off did it.
Well, it did but you know what I mean.

If you meant Autogyros, I reckon these are a much better, proven, longer range, individual low cost flying machine than these 1 person BEV drones. If the engine cuts out it becomes a failsafe glider, so that's excellent built-in redundancy.

 

[The Wino]

If you meant Autogyros, I reckon these are a much better, proven, longer range, individual low cost flying machine than these 1 person BEV drones. If the engine cuts out it becomes a failsafe glider, so that's excellent built-in redundancy.

It does depend on how you fly the autogyro! After I flew in one I had a look at accident rates!

 

[The Wino]

If you meant Autogyros, I reckon these are a much better, proven, longer range, individual low cost flying machine than these 1 person BEV drones. If the engine cuts out it becomes a failsafe glider, so that's excellent built-in redundancy.

From an article a while ago

Between 1989 and 2004 there have been 15 fatal gyroplane accidents in the UK at a rate of 27.1 per 100,000 flight hours.

This compares with a rate of 1.1 per 100,000 hours in conventional light aircraft.

Not quite failsafe! I think a big problem is if you train on other types of aircraft first the reaction to an engine failure is quite different. Also if you let the rotor slow too much it takes quite a bit of height to build up energy again.

What it would be for a powered drone that glides like a brick who knows!

 

[ChrisL]

Between 1989 and 2004 there have been 15 fatal gyroplane accidents in the UK at a rate of 27.1 per 100,000 flight hours.

Just wondering how many of those were self built/assembled aircraft and what proportion were mechanical failures as opposed to pilot error, I don't have an opinion one way or the other having never flown a gyroplane and I only have a few hours in light aircraft and gliders/hang gliders, but still interested in all things aviation.

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[The Wino]

Just wondering how many of those were self built/assembled aircraft and what proportion were mechanical failures as opposed to pilot error, I don't have an opinion one way or the other having never flown a gyroplane and I only have a few hours in light aircraft and gliders/hang gliders, but still interested in all things aviation.

I think there's a new generation of gyros with better safety but one of the problems is I've always been told first action on a cable brake or engine failure stick forwards!

 

[L' Hobo]

From an article a while ago

Between 1989 and 2004 there have been 15 fatal gyroplane accidents in the UK at a rate of 27.1 per 100,000 flight hours.

This compares with a rate of 1.1 per 100,000 hours in conventional light aircraft.

Not quite failsafe! I think a big problem is if you train on other types of aircraft first the reaction to an engine failure is quite different. Also if you let the rotor slow too much it takes quite a bit of height to build up energy again.

What it would be for a powered drone that glides like a brick who knows!

My BIL was very friendly with and used to fly often with Ken Wallis, the inventor of the Gyrocopter (is a gyroPLANE different?) and he claimed that it was impossible to crash IF you flew it correctly and had a strip to land on.
At the correct speed, the rotor would keep turning.

Sadly Ken died a few years back but even into his late 80's, if not 90's, he would fly no hands and side saddle.
A great character!

 

[The Wino]

My BIL was very friendly with and used to fly often with Ken Wallis, the inventor of the Gyrocopter (is a gyroPLANE different?) and he claimed that it was impossible to crash IF you flew it correctly and had a strip to land on.
At the correct speed, the rotor would keep turning.

Sadly Ken died a few years back but even into his late 80's, if not 90's, he would fly no hands and side saddle.
A great character!

I think the clue is in " if you flew it correctly"! I'm pretty certain if you drive your motorhome correctly you are very unlikely to ever crash I suspect flying an autogyro is a bit like driving a motorhome with a big spike on the steering wheel!

 

[L' Hobo]

I think the clue is in " if you flew it correctly"! I'm pretty certain if you drive your motorhome correctly you are very unlikely to ever crash I suspect flying an autogyro is a bit like driving a motorhome with a big spike on the steering wheel!

From what I saw, it was a lot safer than that, you saw what he could do with Little Nell in the James Bond film.

 

[tacr2man]

Gyros and not so much helicopters are much more unforgiving of taking liberties than with fixed wing especially how quick things become un recoverable . Gyros biggest professed safety factor being in auto rotation is also one of their greatest risks , the rotor must never become unloaded .

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[jongood]

I think the clue is in " if you flew it correctly"! I'm pretty certain if you drive your motorhome correctly you are very unlikely to ever crash I suspect flying an autogyro is a bit like driving a motorhome with a big spike on the steering wheel!

Imo this is the same with most light aircraft, if you fly them badly its going to hurt. A friend was very familiar with microlights, transferred to a plane, got confused and pushed the stick forward at a critical moment expecting to climb !

 

[BernieTony]

in ten years time there'll be bleedin' hundreds of them hovering around Benidorm.

Hope not I currently have a mobility scooter over there as I am disabled. Unfortunately the vast majority that use them usually have 1 over the 8. I dread to think of the crashes!

 

[daveclare]

You can always fit rockets to yours and clear the lazy out of the way.