Dandelion 69 ¶

Juan de la Cierva was a Spanish engineer, inventor, pilot, and aeronautical enthusiast. In 1921, he participated in a design competition to develop a bomber for the Spanish military. De la Cierva designed a three-engined aircraft, but during an early test flight, the bomber stalled and crashed.

De la Cierva was troubled by the stall phenomenon and vowed to develop an aircraft that could fly safely at low airspeeds. The result was the first successful rotorcraft, which he named autogiro that first flew on 9 January 1923, at Cuatro Vientos Airport in Madrid.

De la Cierva's autogiro used an airplane fuselage with a forward-mounted propeller and engine, an un-powered rotor mounted on a mast, and a horizontal and vertical stabilizer. His aircraft became the predecessor of the modern helicopter.

The success of the Autogiro garnered the interest of industrialists and under license from de la Cierva in the 1920s and 1930s, the Pitcairn & Kellett companies made further innovations. Late-model autogyros patterned after Etienne Dormoy's Buhl A-1 Autogyro and Igor Bensen's designs feature a rear-mounted engine and propeller in a pusher configuration.

Since then to nowadays lot of new designs and modern autogyros have been developed successfully. Since civil and humanitarian versions to non-civil.
Some versions of this machines, without engine and using only the autorrotation that some people call gyroplanes have been used for civil and non civil circumstances too.

Thanks ¶

Thanks Pioneers scripters ¶

Andrew Linden: (rezday 2002-06-04) is a cofounder and developer Linden and is possibly most known for his work on the Havok's code (physical environment of SL).

The first Flight Script of a vehicle was written by him (nov 2003). You still can find his script in some places. ( https://github.com/AvaCon/LSL-OpenSim-Script-Library/blob/master/Scripts/Flight%20Script(Andrew%20Linden).lsl ).

Cubey Terra: He devolopped lot of vehicles and upgraded lot of fly scripts. One day he gave a big heritance for all pilots, he gave an entire plane, with mesh, scripts and free to use. You still can find that old post. ( https://cavers.ca/cubeys-last-ride-a-challenge-to-second-life-aircraft-makers/ ).

RCX Productions Team: LuciForge and others of RXC productions group. They continue the work of Cubey Terra and made big effort to everyone to create and make compilation of the scripts. Lot of planes in SL and lot of designers of SL use RCX or modifications or learned thanks to this.

Thanks to mesher ¶

Helijah Bailey. I would like to thank the main creator of planes in 3D that you can see in SL. More than 90% of SL planes comes from his work. And he makes this generously.

You can find his work here: https://sketchfab.com/helijah

If u see his page you can find most of planes of SL. Thanks Helijah ( SL Helijah Bailey).

Also thanks to: ¶

Thanks to GTFO people, cos they stimule not only aviation people, to travel along SL world using any vehicle and make people know other places and all SL map.

Thanks to Drivers of SL group, they do the same as GTFO, they stimule travel along the world by air, sea or land.

Thanks to Betatesters and friend to test and help to improve the Dandelion 69.

Thanks!! Bee I must say Bee call "Dandy" to Dandelion 69 She is very enthusiast with Dandy even want create a club She made lot of test, videos, painting, etc.

Thanks!! Kate for let use Dancan Livery and keep alive travels along SL with your airline and airport, and of course for your Pitch tests.

Thanks Pacific and Debbie!!! They made long travels to test stability. Debbie made several paintings an a video that explain apply PBR. Debbie testing Controls reaction in high speeds. Debbie explaining in a video how apply PBR. Please, go to her store and take her paintings gifts for Xmas.

Thanks Tina!!! She tested lot of long flights

Thanks Rodrigo!!! ome day I will make your vintage autogiro

Thanks Brenda!!!

Thanks Darkover!!!She made nice painting and tested

Thanks Lisa!!!She tested lot of behaviours at different speeds And short landings.

Thanks Letizia!!! She tested and feedback changes

Thanks Kat!!! She helped with GTFO test and AVSitter

Thanks Aki!!! She helped with resit commands

Thanks Barbasan!!! He helped me detecting some errors

Thanks Vampi, For detect "ilogical" errors, and your wonderful Manual Online.

Thanks April and her Airforce Team for test too.

Thanks Fey!!! For always be there and for being of Pioneerss of SL Aviation Airlines World.

Thanks Awdrin!!! For your wonderful paintings.

Thanks Lara!!! For texture and allow use Serena Ocean Company livery.

Thanks April and Airforce Team!! For support and training new gyro pilots.

Thanks Joel!! For your enthusiast way to learn to fly Dandelion 69

Thanks Karlie!!! For your support and to allow to use your livery. And of course to keep alive travels all around SL with planes, Blimps and every vehicle

Thanks Meirit!! For your support, for all the years helping aviators, to keep alive this wonderful vintage airprot and for let us your livery.I recommed visit that charming place

I made a tribute for Juan de la Cierva, Spanish Inventor of this wonderfull and safe machine

I thanked our pionners of script and builders.

I thanked to previous Autogiro/Gyrocopter builders on SL

I thanked customers, testers, documents people.

I thanked groups that stimule travel by air, sea or land.

I thanks too the people who keep an airport or a base or hub to travel or GTFO.

I thanks now to other creators of aircrafts or any kind of vehicles cos they help to keep the illusion of fly or navigate or go for roads.

This is a tribute for all users, old and present builders, airports manages, hubs providers, groups…… EVERYBODY to help to keep the Aviation, Sailing, travel….. ALIVE in our loved SECONDLIFE.