Hi Tye,

I don't know what the weight of your gyro is but it looks like you have lots of rotor for the size of the gyro. Also, it looks like your pylon is real tall and if it's as tall as it looks you will need a lot of down thrust in your engine, like about 6 to 8 degrees. With a good 46 engine it will ground loop real fast when those blades come up to speed, especially with DC control. When you apply down elevator with DC control, the rotor pitches forward but doesn't lift the tail and force the nose down like a conventional elevator. You probably all ready know that your hang angle should be about 12 degrees negative.

Remember, if you error with too much down thrust and you hand launch, the gyro will just float nicely to the ground, and usually without damage. However, if it pitchs up and you can't get the nose down it will stall, fall back on the tail or roll to the side back to mother earth. Not good!

Best of luck,

Phil