The Rotodyne: The bastard airplane-helicopter born out of car brained thinking.
The Rotodyne: The bastard airplane-helicopter born out of car brained thinking.

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Helicopter Or Plane? The Revolutionary Rotodyne

Why does everyone talk about solutions to bypass traffic (for the wealthy of course) instead of solutions to get rid of traffic for everyone? Oh wait, that solution already exists, it's called trains!
How is a gyrodyne "car brained"?
@Shrike502 @HiddenLayer5 Here's the clip for those following along on Mastodon: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=dkJOm1V77Xg
I'm guessing it's "car brained" in the sense that it was developed out of 1950s/1960s flying car hype? Or the idea that you fly over the traffic instead of solving it?
Thanks, I'll put it on my to watch list.
This I can see, but it would be more relevant with a small thing like Robinson R22. Something a businessman would use to zip above traffic and avoid all them yucky proles. But a flying bus with 40 seats, that rotodyne was? Sounds more like something used for passenger transport in complex terrain, i.e. mountains. In fact, USSR did actively use helicopters in Caucasus, where building roads and especially railways is difficult, but people still need to get around.