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Old 10-04-2004 | 07:58 PM
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Default RE: spad autogyro

i got around to weighing my plane and its a wopping 8.8lbs! MAn thats heavy for somthing that flys so light. my scales are right because i checked them. The wing on the plane is 44x13 so its not near big enough to fly it without the rotors.
I also straped the gyro wing onto a standard DPS spad design and it flew with the small tail feather to my amazment. The short 30 inch pvc fuse was too short though as yaw was a problem. it was powered by a TT pro 46. Landed it vertical. weight was 6.6 lbs on it.

Also one of my rotors is not spining as fast as the other during normal foward flight however when i auto down for a landing both spin equally. Why is this?
I tell you what this is darn fun!