Is this the future for bikers?

[ogr1]

If so? I WANT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2...orcycle-p1.php

[James Deuce]

It's not a motorcycle, it's a Gyrocopter.

Where's the fun in that?

[Bob]

I agree, definitely a gyrocopter and not a motorcycle. Think I saw the title of a news article about it, got excited... then saw the photo and said "That's a gyrocopter, that is".

That said, I'd love to have one!

Wonder why gyrocopters never took off (pun TOTALLY intended)? When they featured one in that James Bond film (Thunderball?), I thought it would be the start of a big craze... but somehow it just didn't happen.

Shame.

[ldnz]

There are a couple of gyros in development in NZ. One I have a connection with is the Kahu in tauranga. Its fully enclosed, fast, designed to be cheap to own and maintain. Similiar performance to a robbie 22.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/12170897/ for a rendered pic, couldn't find an up to date photo.

[James Deuce]

Similiar performance to a robbie 22.

Ahh yes, but will it crash with the same frequency and aplomb as a robbie 22.

[ldnz]

Not unless you put it in the hands of Rick Lucas (owner of helipro, famous round here for crashing two of everything he has ever owned).

Na a gyro is pretty hard to prang, seeing as it is always in autorotation theres no problem if the engine cuts out. It only gets messy when the blades fall off....

[James Deuce]

Yeah that Cierva guy tried to convince everyone about the practicalities and safety aspects of Autogyros in the 1930s. No one bought it then either. They just look wrong!