# Gyrocopter
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gyrocopter/158652
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [August 2, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gyrocopter/158652 "2010-08-02T14:26:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gyrocopter/158652/1 "2010-08-02T14:26:52Z")
Has anyone ever looked into gyrocopters? I mean they are kind of cheap \<$10K and seem to be pretty kick ass.
I want to check them out more, as to what are the flying limitations, etc.
Has anyone ever tinkered with these guys at all?
This was spawned by a discussion at work about how cool it would be to fly a chopper to work daily.
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### Author:  [@sickboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sickboy)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gyrocopter/158652/2 "2010-08-02T14:52:29Z")
Is that a missile on the side of that thing?!
If I lived in the country I’d be all over something like that, or an ultralight…
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gyrocopter/158652/3 "2010-08-02T14:56:25Z")
^^^ I thought the same thing, lol. I’d definitly want missles on mine.
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### Author:  [@pirite](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pirite)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gyrocopter/158652/4 "2010-08-02T14:58:07Z")
really? no one knows where that pic is from? they used these things in a james bond film.
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### Author:  [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gyrocopter/158652/5 "2010-08-02T15:30:52Z")
in on one.
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### Author:  [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gyrocopter/158652/6 "2010-08-02T15:50:32Z")
Yeah, that’s from You Only Live Twice!
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### Author:  [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gyrocopter/158652/7 "2010-08-02T16:36:44Z")
Missiles make that thing pure win. If someone else is flying to work and he cuts you off, you can blow him the fuck out of the air.
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gyrocopter/158652/8 "2010-08-02T18:22:25Z")
> [@tpgsr](#):
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> Missiles make that thing pure win. If someone else is flying to work and he cuts you off, you can blow him the fuck out of the air.
Exactly! I was thinking “damn, I could fit one of these in my garage roll it into the street and fly to work!” LoL
From what I see you need about 100 feet to take off, and ~20 feet to land. This is pretty solid, used ones (~2003s with about 200 hours) can go for ~5-6K.
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2010, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gyrocopter/158652/9 "2010-08-03T07:12:34Z")
Not a Gyro, but packs up nicely… into a torpedo:
> **[The Soviet Torpedo-Sized One-Man Helicopter](https://jalopnik.com/5602424/the-soviet-torpedo-sized-one-man-helicopter)**
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> In 1971 the Soviets commissioned the Kamov Design Bureau to develop a one-man, collapsible helicopter to fit into a 500mm torpedo tube and be assembled in 15 minutes. The result was the KA-56, and it almost worked.
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### Author:  [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2010, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gyrocopter/158652/10 "2010-08-03T07:24:18Z")
I see this thread going south very quickly…har har har
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### Author:  [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2010, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gyrocopter/158652/11 "2010-08-03T07:44:40Z")
Why get one of those when you can have the Air Car !!!11!
> **[Terrafugia Flying Car Approved by FAA, Will Be Available Next Year](https://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2010-06/flying-car-gets-faa-approval-goes-sale-soon)**
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> Late next year, you'll be able to buy your own flying car -- er, "roadable aircraft" -- thanks to a thumbs-up from the Federal Aviation Administration. As long as you have $194,000 and a sport pilot license. The agency approved the Transition...
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### Author:  [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2010, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gyrocopter/158652/12 "2010-08-03T08:22:07Z")
Little Nellie!
[http://www.rotaryforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11653](http://www.rotaryforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11653)
Be very wary of someone dumping a $5K AG on the market - it may not be FAA certifiable since the grace period for homebuilts constructed before the new classification system was put into place has lapsed.
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2010, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gyrocopter/158652/13 "2010-08-03T10:43:23Z")
> [@TrueBlue](#):
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> Little Nellie!
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> [Those that defy gravaty! | Rotary Wing Forum](http://www.rotaryforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11653)
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> Be very wary of someone dumping a $5K AG on the market - it may not be FAA certifiable since the grace period for homebuilts constructed before the new classification system was put into place has lapsed.
Ugh but it seems that if you buy a kit and build 51% of it you can get it in under home made correct?