Originally Posted by
stevekott
One caution: Gyros tend to hold the position they are in. An airplane set up with a stable CG has a tendency to drop it's nose when the airspeed gets too low. The gyro will counteract that tendency so just be mindful of that. You just need to be a little more concerned having enough airspeed on landing with a pitch gyro.
Steve - Thanks for the feedback.
Yes I am aware of the pitfalls, thanks for re-enforcing those issues. I would really like to get an air speed indicator with an alarm set 20% above stall to prompt me (if IAS drops too much on approach) guys using this feature have been reporting much better landings not too fast and not too slow, I just don't have the cash at the moment, for now I'll just need to keep it flying with enough airspeed on approach to avoid that specific issue until I can get an Airspeed Indicator installed. As you would be aware it's always a tricky situation with variable wind conditions to guesstimate how fast or slow you can come in on final not wanting to overshoot or drop in a hole. I will do quite a bit of higer altitude testing with gyros before I try a gyro enabled landing.
John