ORIGINAL: Oberst
ORIGINAL: agexpert
Gyros do not belong in airplanes. Learn to fly the plane....if you want to use a gyro, get a heli.
Just my opinion. (If you just want to watch a plane fly, why go to the trouble of buying one?)
+1
Gyros are a cheating device for people who don't know how to use a rudder. I've seen a few crashes as a result of the gyro because they either forgot to turn it off or on at the right time. It's better not to have it in my opinion.
Pete
-1
To each is entitled an opinion, but to say :"using a Gyro is cheating" is wrong; I use them exclusively on the Rudder of all my Tail Dragging Warbirds; I will agree, that if you don't turn the Gyro Off once in the air it can cause a problem, but no different then dumb Thumbs or Reversing the Ailerons; crashing is bad, but equally, Planes are ruined or damaged when an unruly Tail Dragger Ground Loops into the Pilot Barriers or wipes out on rollout; however, this is eliminated with the use of a Gyro; if Gyros were so wrong then why are they allowed at Scale Events? I do know how to use the rudder and can so proficiently on all my other Planes including my 3D planes; but I'm not going to risk an expensive Scale Warbird that I have put a ton of time and money into only to lose in on Takeoff when the simple use of a Gyro would have prevented such a mishap.