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Why aren’t there any autogyro drones? Since they don’t stall easily, I Would guess they have that major advantage over fixed-wing drones? Or maybe stalling is n
by syedkarim 3y ago
Why aren’t there any autogyro drones? Since they don’t stall easily, I Would guess they have that major advantage over fixed-wing drones? Or maybe stalling is not a concern for drones and fixed wing is better in every other respect.
- Pet_Ant 3y agoWell you could make a drone, but a lot of drones are used for hovering and an autogyro cannot hover. It's not a helicopter; it must stay moving forward eliminating alot of the current uses of drones. The anti-stall feature(?) (there has got to be a better word for this) is great when there are people on board since it can save lives, but if it's a drone, then presumbaly it's unmanned and thus unless you are really worried about the equipment on board not surviving a landing I'm not sure what the benefit is. I don't know what the overall efficiency of an autogyro is, I'm guessing there might be an issue there. That said, if it were to build a flying-machine an autogyro is the only kind I'd be willing to get into and fly slowly over the water like JP does. Great channel btw.
- aredox 3y agoThe inertia of the rotor helps a lot stabilize an autogyro. You don't get the same inertia in a small drone. One can certainly invoque a square/cube law there. There are scale model autogyros around the 1 or 2 Meter rotor diameter scale, but I haven't seen anyone do smaller - maybe there is, in ultralight indoor flying.