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16th July 2022 Short Cierva Autogyro 3.6

233k RamboJutter  2.3 years ago

Introduction

Well im still here (sort of), I had to wipe my computer hardrives and start again - low and behold on re-install the mods like attachment tool work differently and i really dont like it...

But here we have a little bit of fun, I could have went to the far ends on detail but thought why not keep it simple for a change. An autogyro works by having a free spinning rotor (tick), and a seperate engine to provide forward thrust (tick). In this guise i have designed it with a pusher engine and the provisio of being used for coastal patrol / u boat inderdiction (hence the 20mm cannon)

It flies relatively slow but some of the manoevers you can pull are really something, you can get it to practically hover, add some wind and it will, you can roll, loop and slam from top speed to next to nothing in one turn.

Controls

Simple, AG1 to turn on the engine, after that just standard flying controls

Information

Takeoff is a bit cumbersome as the free spinning rotor needs to build up speed to produce lift, around 60-70mph is usually enough, after that its all plane sailing.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 15.5ft (4.7m)
  • Length 37.6ft (11.5m)
  • Height 13.4ft (4.1m)
  • Empty Weight 4,209lbs (1,909kg)
  • Loaded Weight 4,407lbs (1,999kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 25.496
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 1.134
  • Wing Loading 12.6lbs/ft2 (61.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 350.5ft2 (32.6m2)
  • Drag Points 718

Parts

  • Number of Parts 596
  • Control Surfaces 2
  • Performance Cost 1,745
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    Return of the King

    2.3 years ago
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    I like this so much to the point where I downloaded it took a screenshot and made artwork

    2.3 years ago
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    1,516 atgxtg

    Nice seagyro!

    2.3 years ago
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    59.7k PapaKernels

    Boaty coppter boi

    2.3 years ago
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    302k WinsWings

    awesome

    2.3 years ago
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    650 og31S

    This is a sweet looking little autogyro! Hope you can get back into the flow of it, having your tool settings reset sucks.

    2.3 years ago
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    i love a good autogyro

    +1 2.3 years ago