dead eng. landing
07-07-2002, 01:29 AM
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need info. i never flew a gyro but i am going to try, need to know what to do in case of eng. quiting while in air. dont think it can auto rotate like a heli. can you all help? AL 
07-07-2002, 02:37 AM
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Hi,
The standard recommendation, if you have enough elevation, give full down elevator and at about 20 feet give full up elevator. All gyros react differently and require different tactics. I've had gyros that don't react to the elevator with a dead engine. Some just sort of windmill down and you have very little control. I usually practiced dead stick landings but with the engine at idle and plenty of altitude. Try getting the nose down and get a feel for how quickly the gyro reacts when you give full up elevator. This will help you when you really have to do a dead stick.
Hope that helps.
Phil
The standard recommendation, if you have enough elevation, give full down elevator and at about 20 feet give full up elevator. All gyros react differently and require different tactics. I've had gyros that don't react to the elevator with a dead engine. Some just sort of windmill down and you have very little control. I usually practiced dead stick landings but with the engine at idle and plenty of altitude. Try getting the nose down and get a feel for how quickly the gyro reacts when you give full up elevator. This will help you when you really have to do a dead stick.
Hope that helps.
Phil
07-07-2002, 06:39 PM
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PHIL that will help thanks iwas running the gyrace around to get the feel of it on the ground, i had no intension to fly it but it lifted realy easy and rotors were level but the nose was kinda high so i cut the eng. and gave doen ele. and landed , nose to the ground ,it roled nose first on its back. no damage. ii took off cause i had full up trim in it. DUMB! 
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