RC Gyrocopter

[jasser222]

Hello everybody,

I'm Jasper and I'm 17 years old and I come from Europe (Belgium). For my thesis I want to make a radiocontrolled autogyro or a gyrocopter. We want to equip this model with a FPV system and a GPS system (for mesuring the speed of the model). I have never done FPV, so it will be exciting to try it on a gyrocopter.

I used the plans from this thread:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=543196

I started with the build and all the parts I use are from Hobbyking. (carbon, glass fiber, motor, servos, lipos, ...)



All the materials:




This has to be the finished project:


Later we want to make a replica of the Cierva C30A with a rotor diameter of 2 meters (we aren't sure of the size). We want to equip this model with a pre-rotator system.



Maybe flitestest can review the autogyro of Hobbyking:
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=14291

Stay tuned for updates!
And I want to encourage people to make a gyrocopter like me!
Feel free to post any ideas or comments.

(our blog in dutch: http://gyrocopter.blog.com/)

 

[Blue02TJ]

That's a neat project . How well does it fly?

 

[jasser222]

That model didn't fly for me, but for many others it did...

But I made another one:
http://vimeo.com/41712021

That one flies very good! (once it is airborne)
it's the RPG (Richard’s Pusher Gyrocopter):
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1527676&page=5#post20945909

regards,
Jasper

 

[Biff45452]

If your interested FT did a dtfb gyro called the twin twirl:

 

[stay-fun]

Nice man! Have you flown at all before? Have you flown autogyros? They're quite a handful I must say. If you're inexperienced, I'd recommend getting the HK auto-g(2) and practice flying before anything else. I've got a topic on something similar. Shameless plug.

The pusher designs are even harder to fly, from what I've heard.

 

[Blue02TJ]

Thank you for posting that link I might have to put that on my build list.