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To: GMMC0987

It says it’s a helicopter, which assumes a motor driven rotor blade unlike the autogyro.


8 posted on 03/13/2021 1:13:50 PM PST by PROCON (Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
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To: PROCON

Some gyros do use power to spin up the rotor before starting the forward motion. It makes for a much shorter takeoff run.


17 posted on 03/13/2021 1:24:17 PM PST by PAR35
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