Learning To Fly A Gyroplane
Dual gyro instruction in an RAF 2000 turns out to be an eye-opener ARTICLE DATE: March 1997 PHOTO ABOVE COURTESY: Daniel Popinga My wife and…
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Fixed Wing Gyrocopter? Try A Trike!
ARTICLE DATE: March 1997 First question: What’s a trike? In aviation, trikes are two-axis weight-shift flying machines capable of speed ranges as low as 22-50…
How Not To Build A Tall Tail
Article Date: February 1992 My premise of a fixed vertical fin with horizontal stabilizers on the prop thrust line, along with a tapered rudder is…
Alternative Engine Power For Gyrocopters – Part 3
Article Date: February 1992 While ground tests using identical propellers do correlate to airplane maximum static RPM output, it was decided that flight tests with…
SPARROWHAWK Down-Under
ARTICLE DATE: 2006 COURTESY: ASRA Editor: Hi Greg, I discovered through the ASRA web site forum that you were building a SparrowHawk gyro from the…
Robbie R22 – Robbie R44 – Gyrocopter
An Aussie Reminisces ARTICLE DATE: 2006 Back in the late 70s early 80s when most of us still had dark hair, I had “gold fever”…
Oskar Westermayer Designer Extraordinary
ARTICLE DATE: August 2002 AUTHORS: J.R. with Ron Bartlett The following article appeared in an enthusiast’s publication in 1989. The author, a friend of mine,…
Training: Inertia
ARTICLE DATE: August 2002 Inertia is an interesting term that is often heard around rotorcraft crowds. Mostly it is heard when discussions of rotor blades…
BMW Take Off Aircraft Motor
BMW ENGINE SUPPLIERS https://trixyaviation.com https://www.takeoff-ul.de/ TakeOff Specifications / Datasheet Boxer – Propeller drive As new flat Boxer engines the 1100 RS/ GS/ have been introduced…
Fairey Gyrodyne
ARTICLE DATE: July 2008 Following the untimely, tragic death of Juan De la Cierva in an airliner crash in 1932, Dr J.A.J. Bennett assumed control…