Letter from New Zealand
09-04-2006, 03:53 PM
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Letter from New Zealand
This partly a test because the last time I tried to send a message it never arrived at the site!
Anyway I thought I would mention an unwanted incident last time I went flying. The wind was really strong, if fact no one else was at the field. Autogyros handle the wind well so the flight was OK. However on landing the plane sat for a moment, then with rotors spinning quite fast lifted its nose, went over on its tail and ended upside down. Some damage to the hub (ripped the polypropylene hinge). Anyone else have such things happen?
Colin Duthie (New Zealand) http://www.geocities.com/tintrax/page6.html
Anyway I thought I would mention an unwanted incident last time I went flying. The wind was really strong, if fact no one else was at the field. Autogyros handle the wind well so the flight was OK. However on landing the plane sat for a moment, then with rotors spinning quite fast lifted its nose, went over on its tail and ended upside down. Some damage to the hub (ripped the polypropylene hinge). Anyone else have such things happen?
Colin Duthie (New Zealand) http://www.geocities.com/tintrax/page6.html
