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Meanings of
gyrocopter
in English
Russian
гироплан
Portuguese
autogiro
Spanish
girocoptero
Catalan
girocòpter
Back to the meaning
Rotorcraft with unpowered rotor.
autogyro
autogiro
gyroplane
Russian
гироплан
Usage of
gyrocopter
in English
1
A
gyrocopter
has landed on the west lawn of the US Capitol building.
2
A
gyrocopter
resembles a helicopter, but has an unpowered rotor and separate propeller.
3
And so the helicopter evolved while the
gyrocopter
stagnated.
4
Pal-V has a three-wheeled
gyrocopter
thingy.
5
Spread across a cartoon galaxy, missions use the game's headline starfighters alongside a transforming tank,
gyrocopter
and walking robot.
6
They
gyrocopter
lost the evolutionary race to the helicopter, but with modern tech, it could be making a comeback.
7
Just today a Dutch company announced the successful first flights of the PAL-V, a single-seat three-wheeler that's also a
gyrocopter
.
8
The $395,000 PAL-V One is three-wheeler and a
gyrocopter
in one
9
In the not too distant future, you might find yourself shuttling to work in a modern spin on the old
gyrocopter
.
10
An entrepreneur lifted off today in a bid to become the first person to fly round the world in a
gyrocopter
.
11
In development since 2008, PAL-V is a three-wheeled vehicle somewhere between a motorcycle and a
gyrocopter
- and only takes minutes to transform.
12
Emergency vehicles rushed to the area and a robot bomb detector was sent over to the
gyrocopter
,
followed by a bomb disposal operator.
13
In the interceding half-century, the
gyrocopter
has faded further into obscurity-itscameo in 1981's Mad Max 2 notwithstanding.
14
Where a helicopter uses its main rotor for propulsion and lift and the rear rotor for balance, the
gyrocopter
gets propulsion from a rear propeller.
15
The companies say their improved
gyrocopters
are among the most optimized-andmost readily achievable-candidatesfor electric aviation.
16
They are farmers, barbers, and carpenters with nothing more than a deep love of flight and a knack for cobbling together airplanes and
gyrocopters
.
Other examples for "gyrocopter"
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About this term
gyrocopter
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
old gyrocopter
wheel gyrocopter
Translations for
gyrocopter
Russian
гироплан
автожир
гирокоптер
Portuguese
autogiro
girocóptero
Spanish
girocoptero
autogiro
girocóptero
Catalan
girocòpter
gyrocopter
autogir
Gyrocopter
through the time