![]() If developmentĬontinues to go well, if money comes in on schedule, if. Things as kit availability, or licensing to firms that might makeĬommercially-available Carter-designed heli-planes. There's too much more to do, to put dates on such Is also inherently more fuel-efficient than today's airplanes, or (which makes vertical capability more a factor), but alsoīecause the concept is scalable, up to and including a machine thatĬould carry more than a C-130 - and faster. Not just because of the inevitable loss of airports in the future The hard part (above) was 'how.' So, 'why?'Ĭarter sees that the machine will become increasingly useful, Some functions, easing the pilots' load, and allowing them to do Verifiable form, Carter can program electronic systems to take over Where things get temporarily out of balance with each other.įor most of the Carter Copter's development, the pilotsĬontrolled everything now, with some data becoming available in Oh - as the machine gains speed beyond Mu.75, Smaller wing area, faster airfoil: lift when you need Work well at those high speeds, and not have to provide the lift at Start earning its keep until maybe 150 mph, it can be designed to There's another advantage: because the fixed wing doesn't really Lifting at high speeds, the rotor essentially gets out of the way, When the rotor gets slowed down, the wing can take That is the key to Carter's puzzle: the Carter Copter has aįixed wing, too. However, at 115 rpm, the rotor isn't generating appreciable Problem - the advancing blade's tips from going past about. Carter didn't, and so heĬarter's flying machine sports very low rotor speeds. Given up fifty years ago, they probably would have done it." Well, Even so, Jay thinks, "If helicopter manufacturers hadn't Long way toward explaining why earlier research may have beenĪbandoned. Rotorcraft, controlled with a traditional cyclic, will suddenly Helicopter manufacturers got close to breaking the Mu1 barrier, but Mr Carter says that some 40 years ago, a lot of Not a totally new idea just a totally-new machine Jay seesĪ jet-powered rotorcraft that would go maybe 500 mph. Reduced), the Carter Copter design could go a lot faster. ![]() With more power, more streamlining,Īnd maybe a "LoPresti" treatment (wherein the machine's drag is Jay says the real problem comes in closer to Mu.75 and his Produce equal lift, you can imagine the problem that's posed. Since theįorward-moving rotor and the rearward-moving rotor both need to The rearward-moving rotor blade is at zero airspeed. 'civilians.' He explained that the Mu1 barrier will be reached when Jay Carter says his first goal is to break the Mu1īarrier, well-known to rotorcraft folks, but unheard-of by It's great to be on a team, whereĮverybody's pushing in the same direction, and to do things Said that, after joining the small Carter Copters team, he "never Since, and the Carter Copter is the ultimate gyro, what Jay Carterīrad King, after 30 years at GM, is now the test copilot. To fly it in three weeks, when he was 22. ![]() Planet." Larry was originally taken by gyroplanes as a teen, andįound a disused Bensen Gyrocopter, bought it, and trained himself Most-exciting thing I've seen in my 51 years of being on this ![]() The public has been able to see the strange, competent machine.Īs Carter's test pilot, Larry Neal, said yesterday, "It's the One of the most-unusual and most-remarkable flying machines soįar devised, Jay Carter's Carter Copter, flew in to Airventure 2002įrom Fond du Lac (WI), on Sunday. Public Flights Scheduled for Friday and Saturday ![]()
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