Thanks for the info Dickeybird, sounds like we both ended up with much the same setup with the exception of the powerplant.

I only ever used .049 on my old gliders as power pods or in small control line planes when I wuz a kid. A friend of mine does have a .049 helicopter with the .049 throttled by a variable sleeve around the exhaust port. Tail gyro is by a lead weight hanging under the tail rotor which uses pendulum effect to alter the tail rotor pitch as it twitches !!.

The V-tail did look good but came with some nasty suprises. Small rudder inputs caused sudden roll in the same direction as the input. Also side gusts would almost flick the model on its back. It was very interesting to fly but I do not think I will pursue V-tails on gyros in the future. Possibly with a lot of testing it could be made to be the sole control of the gyro eliminating any DC requirement but I don't have the patience to try it out now that the conventional sysyem works so well.

Only problem with our small gyros is orientation, I have to fly them really close or get eye strain !! I think I might add white tips to the blades to see if this helps

I will go take a look at your Gyrator link now.

Sean