Designer Wayne White just 'had' to design this little auto gyro so design it he did! Let's hope he has it in him to pop out a few more of these historical Auto gyros
In 1932 G&J Weir Ltd of Cathcart constructed rotorcraft of indigenous design, focusing on the perceived potential of the autogyro, conceived by Spaniard Juan de la Cierva in 1921.
This single-seater was powered by an inverted 4-cylinder in-line engine and fitted with a two-bladed 'auto-dynamic' rotor. It could make a 'jump take-off': to do this, the rotor was run at overspeed in flat pitch then suddenly given sufficient positive pitch to produce the jump while the engine was declutched. The W.3 was publicly displayed at Hounslow Heath on 23rd July 1936

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