I want to know if it could be possible to build a lightweight minimalist barebones gyroplane using a recumbent bicycle/tricycle, and a small paramotor type engine.
I was trying to decide whether engine should be a 2-stroke or battery-electric motor.
If it was a battery-electric, perhaps there could even be a small pre-rotator in the rotor hub.
I was also trying to decide whether the pilot should be in a reclining posture, like in a recumbent bicycle/tricycle, or whether it could be a prone posture like in a prone bicycle where you're on your belly.
Along with that, I was also trying to decide whether it should be a pusher or a tractor design.
I was thinking that a tractor configuration would allow for the prop to be farther away from the reclining pilot's head, while a prone position would allow the pilot's head to be farther away in a pusher-prop configuration.
The gyrocopter blade could be of suitably smaller size for a barebones vehicle of minimal weight of and of course pilot.
I was trying to decide whether engine should be a 2-stroke or battery-electric motor.
If it was a battery-electric, perhaps there could even be a small pre-rotator in the rotor hub.
I was also trying to decide whether the pilot should be in a reclining posture, like in a recumbent bicycle/tricycle, or whether it could be a prone posture like in a prone bicycle where you're on your belly.
Along with that, I was also trying to decide whether it should be a pusher or a tractor design.
I was thinking that a tractor configuration would allow for the prop to be farther away from the reclining pilot's head, while a prone position would allow the pilot's head to be farther away in a pusher-prop configuration.
The gyrocopter blade could be of suitably smaller size for a barebones vehicle of minimal weight of and of course pilot.
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