Originally Posted by
speedracerntrixie
To be honest, I took the thread meaning to be about increasing participation. Gyros being one suggestion on how to accomplish that. I for one would support just about anything that would get more guys flying in contests. I personally feel that having a “ pattern social “ prior to the season starting to help educate guys who show some interest. If we don’t do something we may all just end up sport flying our pattern airplanes and talk about the good ol days.
Probably using gyros in Sportsman may be an initial help, but would rapidly become a hindrance as the pilot progressed because of the dependence on the system to fly smoothly. Even my sport planes are trimmed to fly hands off for a good distance. Pattern planes take this to another level. I cannot tell you how often judges have told me my scores would increase if I left the sticks alone and only use them when they are needed. In others words, the plane is capable of flying by itself, you only have to use the sticks to maneuver.
Sheldon