I just bought a KMP Gee Bee and I've been seriously wigging out about the landings. Nose overs are going to be very damaging for my plane since I fly off a paved runway.

So while I'm comfortable with short coupling planes (no rudder gyro necessary) I'm wondering if I can't benefit from one on the elevator so that should the Gee Bee start to nose over, the elevator keeps the nose up.

Possible?

FORESTROKE:

A gyro won't help you on landings because there won't be much air over the elevator when the plane slows down and with the engine idling.

The best way to land is learning the correct approach speed for a 'wheel landing' on the GeeBee rather than a full stall touchdown (three pointer)and bounce and flip. The right speed will get you rolling on the runway then bleeds off while you get the tail down with the elevator. Even if you hit a little hard on its wheels it shouldn't flip over.

that's a good point... so you should just land a Gee Bee like you're doing a touch and go... but instead of "go"ing, you just let it bleed off speed. thanks old-pilot, that saves me some money on a gyro and one of those hi-speed servos.