Wanted: 2-33 left wing

I'm helping a friend locate a replacement wing for a Schweizer 2-33.
Left with mild hail damage would be perfect but will consider left,
right, varous conditions. Reply to me: wby0nder'at'aol.com

Matt Michael

At 16:42 22 March 2006, wrote:

With that in mind, it should be possible to
design a helicopter that has no engine at all, but
is designed to come
down as slowly as possible.

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, (and I havent read the
previous listings either) but is that not what a Gyrocopter
basically is? I know it has a pusher engine, but there
is no engine driving the main rotor (apart from take
off I believe, to get the rotor moving)

So, presumably, once in the air, the blades turn as
a helicopter that is autorotating does. Just need to
have some high efficiency small Nimbus 4 'rotors' and
there you go...hover in the core of the thermal and
go up like a rocket!

Regards,

Someone who doesnt know what hes talking about (so
please enlighten me!)

Jono Richards wrote:
At 16:42 22 March 2006, wrote:

With that in mind, it should be possible to
design a helicopter that has no engine at all, but
is designed to come
down as slowly as possible.

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, (and I havent read the
previous listings either) but is that not what a Gyrocopter
basically is? I know it has a pusher engine, but there
is no engine driving the main rotor (apart from take
off I believe, to get the rotor moving)

So, presumably, once in the air, the blades turn as
a helicopter that is autorotating does. Just need to
have some high efficiency small Nimbus 4 'rotors' and
there you go...hover in the core of the thermal and
go up like a rocket!

Regards,

Someone who doesnt know what hes talking about (so
please enlighten me!)




I think your right and you beat me to it in replying. Tell you what,
I'll ask Ken Wallace at the weekend as he's a member of my aero club
[Shipdham in Norfolk] [Ken Wallace, auto gyro guru ala little nelly from
the James Bond film, grandson of Barnes Wallace etc ]and see if he
thinks its a winner.

The Bensen Gyroglider ? Any left flying ? Any one
flown one off-tow ?

Ian

Ian Cant wrote:
The Bensen Gyroglider ? Any left flying ? Any one
flown one off-tow ?

Ian





When I visited the Udvar-Hazy division of the National Air and Space
Museum a couple of months ago I saw a W.W.II vintage, unpowered, folding
gyroplane designed to be carried aboard a U-boat and launched tethered
to the ship as an reconnaissance vehicle. I have a snap shot, but,
alas, it can't be posted here. If interested send me an e-mail and I'll
send you a copy.

Al

"When I visited the Udvar-Hazy division of the National Air and Space
Museum a couple of months ago I saw a W.W.II vintage, unpowered, folding
gyroplane designed to be carried aboard a U-boat and launched tethered
to the ship as an reconnaissance vehicle. I have a snap shot, but,
alas, it can't be posted here. If interested send me an e-mail and I'll
send you a copy."

These gyroplanes were not used very long as there was a flaw. If the pilot
saw and reported an enemy nearby, the submarine would release the gyroplane
and submerge. If they got in a hurry, they would submerge without
releasing. The entire project lasted only a few months if I recall.

I wonder if an allied pilot got credit for shooting down a tethered
gyroplane. The secret was probably to buzz the submarine and cause it to
release the gyroplane, then shoot down the gliding gyroplane - after all it
is an aircraft.

Colin

Actually, Bensen developed several Gryogliders. The first was the B6 in
1953. They were designed to be towed by a car to 150 feet or so, and
then released. He also developed a version on floats that was towed by
a boat.

Actually, Bensen developed several Gryogliders. The first was the B6 in
1953. They were designed to be towed by a car to 150 feet or so, and
then released. He also developed a version on floats that was towed by
a boat.

I think that there is a WWII autogyro at the Cosford
Air Museum in Wales/Salop.

Maybe with the new materials now available, someone
could design a winch launched auto-gyro with an LD
better than 1:30?

I expect it would still need a forward speed, even
in a thermal.

Rory