Resolve argument: Could an auto-gyro 'loop the loop' ??

[Nik]

Could an auto-gyro 'loop the loop' ??
Given sufficient initial altitude, speed etc etc.
( So, James Bond's famous 'Little Nellie' probably does not qualify... )

But, perhaps the larger variety, now vanishing-rare since helos' power-to-weight overtook them...

 

[Richard N]

Pilot is Barry Thigpen. Haven't found an obituary for him yet, so he may still be alive.

Autogiro Looping

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oaEEM42lzY


Autogiro Aerobatics

View: https://youtu.be/kSRspU1bn4M

 

[Richard N]

Aircraft is the Rotor Flight Dynamics Dominator Gyrocopter

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