The Gyrocopter

Most people only build planes and helicopters. But now with this idea I want to increase the popularity of the awesome flying vehicle, the gyrocopter. These wonderful aircrafts really deserve a LEGO set because they are versatile and small, can fly slowly and safely, can land anywhere, are less complicated than helicopters, and it feels great to fly with them. It would be an excellent game for aircraft fan children and adults alike.

This design with the lights and the horizontal cone at the front evokes a bird's head. It does not have a closed cabin, the wind is diverted by the windshield and the roof. It has a powerful engine, a three-bladed propeller, and two rotor blades. The machine is partly functional, you can turn the rotor and the propeller by hand, but if you have a more powerful fan blowing from the back, then the propeller and the rotor blades will also rotate. The structure can also be lifted by hand at the rotor head.

The pilot is a girl, and a passenger with a scared face is sitting behind her after take-off. The passenger is her boyfriend who has never flown before in his life. The girl is just proving to him now how safe it is to fly with this plane. By the time the plane lands the guy's face will be sad, because he would have enjoyed the flight yet for a long time.

I selected the pieces of the model from about 9000 bricks in our possession. It consists of 133 pieces if the minifugures are taken apart too. The male minifigure has two faces, which allows to change his facial expression after take-off and landing. Additionally it has a 44-step building instruction that I generated using LEOCAD and revised to show the best view in each step.

This gyrocopter is child tested, i.e. my 7 yo kid could build it within 16 minutes based on this building instruction. /After that it was mandatory to build an airport with a control tower, of course. :-) / This is the timelapse video from the simple assembly:

When the 3D model jumps out from CAD and becomes reality: