- The
cyclogyro, or cyclocopter, is an
aircraft configuration that uses a horizontal-axis
cyclorotor as a
rotor wing to
provide lift and, sometimes, also...
- as the
primary source of lift, propulsion, and
control is
known as a
cyclogyro or cyclocopter. A
unique aspect is that it can
change the
magnitude and...
- fixed-wing
aircraft and
other hybrid aircraft with
powered rotors such as
cyclogyros/cyclocopters and gyrodynes. Some VTOL
aircraft can
operate in
other modes...
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February 1923,
Caldwell filed for a
patent on a
device he
called the "
cyclogyro". It
consisted of an
airplane fuselage with two paddle-wheel like attachments...
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generate lift as the drum
slowed and it
would not be able to
sustain flight.
Cyclogyro FanWing Servo tab
Bonnier Corporation (November 1930). "Whirling Spools...
- The
FanWing uses a cross-flow fan,
while the
mechanically more
complex cyclogyro comprises multiple wings which rotate together around a
central axis....
- some
helicopters Aviation portal Attack helicopter Backpack helicopter Cyclogyro Disk
loading Helicopter dynamics Helicopter height–velocity
diagram Helicopter...
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provide lift and
propulsion on a few
experimental aeroplanes,
known as "
cyclogyros". None of them were very successful. It has also more
recently been proposed...
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transportation used by
House Atreides in the
desert climate of the
planet Arrakis.
Cyclogyro Gyroplane Human-powered
aircraft Insectothopter Micro air
vehicle Micromechanical...
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