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The Low-Cost Autogyro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

Extract

Autogyro principles and theory are well known and only the practical aspects of design and construction of the smallest of autogyro aircraft will be considered on this occasion. Also, at this stage, it would be inappropriate to be specific about prices of such aircraft owing to the difficulty of estimating production costs. Tare weights, however, may provide some clues as to costs.

In the “thirties” the autogyro had been brought to quite a high standard of performance, mainly through the pioneering and development efforts of one man, Senor Juan de la Cierva.

During those years many ideas, which would today be regarded as novel, had been tried. Jump-start, pusher engines and tricycle undercarriages are not new.

Type
Rotorcraft Section
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1963

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References

1. The 20th lecture to be given to the Rotorcraft Section of the Society–on 5th October 1962