Dav8or
Final Approach
I was reading an article in the AOPA magazine about auto gyros and some of the cool new designs they have for them in Europe and it got me to thinking, Why don't we see more autogyros on amphibious floats? Is there a reason I'm not seeing as to why this might be a terrible idea? It seems like you could build an Icon A5 that can land and take off within 1000' diameter pond easily.
Everybody seems to like float planes. Everybody seems to like low and slow flight sometimes. Everybody seems to like airplanes with incredible STOL capabilities. Sounds cool to me, what do you think? Imagine this on floats-
Or if you like open cockpit flying, they have already come up with this-
Why don't we see more of this kind of thing?
Everybody seems to like float planes. Everybody seems to like low and slow flight sometimes. Everybody seems to like airplanes with incredible STOL capabilities. Sounds cool to me, what do you think? Imagine this on floats-
Or if you like open cockpit flying, they have already come up with this-
Why don't we see more of this kind of thing?