RotorAndWing
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I don't think I could ever put myself in such exposed close proximity to so many many critical moving parts.
Anyone else hear "Hogg, get away from that thing" in their head the whole time?
Oh I have no doubt it is a work of mechanical engineering art. I still don't want my skull that close to that stuff!
Credit for what? Sikorsky did that 100 years ago.
It's the same as any autogyro except for the really high end ones.
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With the history corrected and all, what amazed me watching this guy was imagining Igor designing AND learning to fly the original from scratch.Uh, no, Sikorsky didn't do this "100 years ago", that would have been 1914. Mr. Sikorsky didn't immigrate to the US until 1919, and his first helicopter didn't fly until 1939.
The point here (which you apparently can't comprehend) is it takes an immense talent to build a flying helicopter from scratch as demonstrated by this Russian fellow. Crude, yes, but he seems to have solved a lot of complex engineering problems. Being a helicopter mechanic as well as a pilot I can appreciate what he's accomplished.
With the history corrected and all, what amazed me watching this guy was imagining Igor designing AND learning to fly the original from scratch.