16th July 2022 Short Cierva Autogyro 3.6
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.
Specifications
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
Return of the King
I like this so much to the point where I downloaded it took a screenshot and made artwork
Nice seagyro!
Boaty coppter boi
awesome
This is a sweet looking little autogyro! Hope you can get back into the flow of it, having your tool settings reset sucks.
i love a good autogyro