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Old 11-08-2004 | 07:13 AM
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mnowell129
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Default RE: My electric autogyro flies!

Hopefully I will post a flying video by the end of the week.
The fly in @ Spring Hill, Is it at the field
on the Boy Scout Reservation? There are two of us
here in Longwood that plan on attending. The dates
look like a Thursday and Friday, is this correct?

What kind of pictures? Other views or details?
I have repaired my blades, since I created a few dings
learning to fly this thing. I did manage to get it trimmed
and learn to fly it on one set of blades.

I did learn several things in the process:

1) Don't horse it off the ground too early.

2) Enough power is important. The inital flights
with the two cell lithium (1000mah) would barely climb out.
This made for some intersting moments trying to
clear the 75 foot oak tree at the end of the street.
When I swapped in the 3 cell 1200, it suddenly was
a whole new aircraft. Flew around the neighborhood
and landed in the street.

3) My 30 foot PVC extension pole will reach to the top
of my neighbors palm tree (see #1 and #2)

I have left myself the ability to add a pre-spin mechanism
with this model. (Running down the street with the gyro
makes my neighbors look at me oddly.)
I have not seen anyone doing this on this
forum. Anyone have any experience?

BTW this model is $35 worth of GWS Dragonfly helicopter parts
and the rest is out of the junk bin. I think anyone can repoduce it.
Blades are 12 inch, balsa with 1/32 ply root reinforcements, TLAR
airfoil and weigh 8 grams each. I'm not entirely pleased with the
rotor speed changing so rapidly in flight so the next set will probably be
weighted some.
The blade attachments are thin steel, so the blade angle and blade
tracking are easily adjustable.
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