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From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (E. Michael Smith)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Wanted: Info on Rotorcraft
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Date: Wed, 26-Dec-84 17:12:41 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 26 17:12:41 1984
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> Does anybody out there have experience with rotorcraft? I am interested in 
> helicopters, gyrocopters (also known as autogyros), and even the flying 
> saucers that someone in California (where else?) is selling.

The what?  Is someone really selling flying saucers?  What technology
would be used for this?  I seem to remember a professor at UCDavis that
was working on a disk with multiple engines... did his project succeed??!?

> The interest is
> primarily in kit craft, unless used helicopters are available for less
> than $10K or so.

A friend of mine has been putting together a Benson Gyrocopter kit for
about 8 years now...
-- 

E. Michael Smith  ...!{hplabs,ihnp4,amd,nsc}!amdahl!ems

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