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gyroplane
- Sinônimos
- autogyro rotorcraft
- Definição1
- A heavier-than-air aircraft supported in flight by the reactions of the air on one or more rotors which rotate freely on substantially vertical axes.
- Fonte1
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. International civil aviation vocabulary. 3rd ed. Montreal, 2007. (Doc. 9713)
- Definição2
- A heavier-than-air rotorcraft whose rotors are not engine-driven, except for initial starting. They are made to rotate by the action of the air when the rotorcraft is moving. The aircraft's means of propulsion, consisting usually of conventional propellers, is independent of the rotor system.
- Fonte2
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Definição3
- A heavier-than-air aircraft supported in flight by the reactions of the air on one or more rotors which rotate freely on substantially vertical axes.
- Fonte3
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Annex 7 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. Aircraft nationality and registration marks. 6th ed. Montreal: ICAO, 2012.
- Contexto
- In flight, the fuselage of a gyroplane essentially acts as a plumb suspended from the rotor, and as such, it is subject to pendular action in the same way as a helicopter.
- Subárea
- Rotorcraft
- Related Term
- amphibian gyroplane
- land gyroplane
- sea gyroplane
- Spanish
- giroplano