Winged Design
 

Greetings,

I'm probably nuts, but does anyone have any suggestion on how to adjust the "angles and dangles" of http://www.autogyro.com/technic/specs.htm for a winged (smallish stub wings) autogyro (probably with direct lateral control rather than ailerons)?

Soft Landings
Torbjörn
Stockholm

RE: Winged Design
 

Hi Torbjorn,
Stockholm? "tis a fur piece from us!
Have spent the last 6 years trying different styles of Gyros and obviously
experience teachs?
Conclusion? A winged Gyro is by far the most stable and easiest of all
to fly, They also equal the performance of a wingless.
You ask about the force arrangement I believe,and that can be basic.
The craft is first arranged as an airplane as to wing location and balance.
Then the rotor is located on the AIRPLANE so that there will be a Gyro
hang angle.
This assumes you understand Gyro design and just wish to try a wing.
Type of control should not be relevant
Good luck and have fun!

Hal deBolt

RE: Winged Design
 

Thanks. That is the obvious approach, but since the obvious doesn't necessarily work ;) I thought I better ask. I've succeeding in getting one own design autogyro to fly (not well, but that's the nutty pilots fault), and I thought I'd make a winged version. Pictures will be posted if and when I get the slides scanned.

Torbjörn

RE: Winged Design
 

Hi Torbjorn,
Fine, you should find the winged version more stable and easier to fly.
Makes a fine Gyro trainer that is still capable of all performance.
An excellent such is the Giro V reported in detail in the 2/2000 RCM
magazine. The report and plans are available from RCM
Again, good luck,

Hal [email protected]