Aircraft - Page 20

Gravdigr · 10-15-2016, 02:17 PM

Cool post.

Carruthers · 10-17-2016, 05:45 AM

Quote:

The Fairey Rotodyne was a 1950s British compound gyroplane designed and built by Fairey Aviation and intended for commercial and military applications.[2] A development of the earlier Gyrodyne, which had established a world helicopter speed record, the Rotodyne featured a tip jet-powered rotor that burned a mixture of fuel and compressed air bled from two wing-mounted Napier Eland turboprops. The rotor was driven for vertical takeoffs, landings and hovering, as well as low-speed translational flight, and autorotated during cruise flight with all engine power applied to two propellers.

One prototype was built. Although the Rotodyne was promising in concept and successful in trials, the programme was eventually cancelled. The termination has been attributed to the type failing to attract any commercial orders; this was in part due to concerns over the high levels of rotor tip jet noise generated inflight. Politics - the development was government funded - had also played a role in the lack of orders, which ultimately doomed the project.

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It could be said that the Rotodyne was years ahead of its time and with more development might have been a success.

The concept survives, albeit in a somewhat different form, in the V-22 Osprey.

Trivia time...

The Chairman of Fairey Aviation lived here in Carruthers Town when I was a kid.
I don't remember much about him but I do recall his big old Bassett Hound who would entertain himself by roaming about the town.
He could often be seen ambling down the High Street barking at nothing in particular.
He probably howled at the Moon as well. Lovely dog, he was.

Gravdigr · 10-17-2016, 03:01 PM

Carruthers · 10-18-2016, 04:05 AM

I've often wondered how a rapidly changing C of G, when the water is discharged, affects handling characteristics.

I assume that an increasing nose up attitude can be expected but perhaps it's over quickly enough not to cause any great problems.

In any event, low level ops in probably turbulent conditions can't be too much fun.

Nice find, Mr G!

Gravdigr · 10-26-2016, 01:51 PM

Famed aviator 'Bob' Hoover, who escaped Nazis by stealing a plane, dies at 94

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Pamela · 10-26-2016, 03:34 PM

He was one of my greatest heroes. I hope to be half as good a pilot as he was. RIP Bob. You earned it, brother.

Gravdigr · 10-26-2016, 05:20 PM

I knew I posted that for someone, I just couldn't remember who.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-26-2016, 05:37 PM

It's tough to have a huge fan base.

Carruthers · 10-27-2016, 09:31 AM

The master at work...

Ends with a both engines off landing.
But you knew that.

Gravdigr · 10-30-2016, 05:46 PM

Remember this pic I posted?

Well, it's supposed to do that.

And I learned about "arrestor beds" from this article about Mike Pence's plane making a hard landing in a rainstorm, skidding sideways, and overrunning the runway at LaGuardia. Arrestor beds kept the plane from running onto a busy parkway at the end of the runway.

Gravdigr · 11-23-2016, 02:21 PM

Better bigger, and in HD.

glatt · 11-23-2016, 03:26 PM

They could take off from my back yard

xoxoxoBruce · 11-23-2016, 03:34 PM

They could takeoff from a treadmill in your backyard.

Griff · 11-23-2016, 03:47 PM

well maybe with a dolphin boost

Gravdigr · 11-24-2016, 01:12 PM

Musta put some Red Bull in the tank...

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10-17-2016, 03:01 PM	#288
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10-18-2016, 04:05 AM	#289
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	I've often wondered how a rapidly changing C of G, when the water is discharged, affects handling characteristics. I assume that an increasing nose up attitude can be expected but perhaps it's over quickly enough not to cause any great problems. In any event, low level ops in probably turbulent conditions can't be too much fun. Nice find, Mr G! __________________

10-26-2016, 01:51 PM	#290
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10-26-2016, 05:20 PM	#292
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10-26-2016, 03:34 PM	#291
Pamela Deplorable Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 767	He was one of my greatest heroes. I hope to be half as good a pilot as he was. RIP Bob. You earned it, brother.

10-26-2016, 05:37 PM	#293
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It's tough to have a huge fan base. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-27-2016, 09:31 AM	#294
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	The master at work... Ends with a both engines off landing. But you knew that. __________________

10-30-2016, 05:46 PM	#295
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Remember this pic I posted? Well, it's supposed to do that. And I learned about "arrestor beds" from this article about Mike Pence's plane making a hard landing in a rainstorm, skidding sideways, and overrunning the runway at LaGuardia. Arrestor beds kept the plane from running onto a busy parkway at the end of the runway. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

11-23-2016, 02:21 PM	#296
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Better bigger, and in HD. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

11-23-2016, 03:26 PM	#297
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	They could take off from my back yard

11-23-2016, 03:34 PM	#298
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They could takeoff from a treadmill in your backyard. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-23-2016, 03:47 PM	#299
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	well maybe with a dolphin boost __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-24-2016, 01:12 PM	#300
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