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Old 09-14-2003 | 09:40 PM
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Just Plane Nuts
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Default RE: Autogyro Conversion Advice

Yes it flys
With a few modifications to the tail to keep the rotor from taking it off. And some tweeking at the field it is now flying very well. Rick Anderson did the test flights and with the help of Rick I now have a nice autogyro conversion. On Friday my stupidity lead to a crash..They don't seem to fly very well when they loose their rotor blades. It seams that i forgot to put locktight on the set screw and the rotors came off during a test flight damaging the front of the fuse.[:@] I stayed up late repaired it and Rick had it flying again on Saturday. It is now a great flying autogyro... At least for the experienced autogyro pilot.....I on the other hand still have some learning to do..
Here are some pics that i took of it. Keep an eye out on Ricks website for the complete fly-in pics.
Dale
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