Variants
- B-8 Gyro-Glider - unpowered rotor-kite intended to be towed behind a car
- B-8B Hydro-Boat - B-8 with a full boat hull intended to be towed behind another boat
- B-8M Gyro-Copter - standard motorised version, main production type. Usually powered by a McCulloch 4318 engine
- B-8MH Hover-Gyro - twin, coaxial rotor design with powered lower rotor and autorotating upper rotor, giving it the capability of hovering. Upper rotor and drive propeller powered by separate engines
- B-8MJ Gyro-Copter - B-8M modified for "jump" take off by briefly redirecting engine power to rotor head
- B-8MW Hydro Copter - float-equipped B-8M
- X-25A - B-8M evaluated by USAF. Single example (serial 68-10770) first flown 5 June 1968 and preserved at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
- B-8 Super Bug - similar to B-8M but with extra engine to spin up rotor before take-off
- B-8HD Super Gyro-Copter - development of Super Bug first flown in 1979 with hydraulic drive to pre-rotate rotor rather than separate engine
- B-8V - B-8 powered by a Volkswagen air-cooled engine
- B-8W Hydro-Glider - float-equipped B-8 intended to be towed behind a boat
- X-25B - B-8 evaluated by USAF. Single example (serial 68-10771) first flown 23 January 1968 and preserved at the AFFTC Museum at Edwards Air Force Base.
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