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Post subject: Re: Gyro copter/plane  Posted: 25 Dec 2014, 15:13 |
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I could keep a helo at home but a lot more investment in time and money. Just going to be me and wife playing around.
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As you said its more time and money...but its only time and money  Attachment: IMG_0019.jpg
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Post subject: Re: Gyro copter/plane Posted: 25 Dec 2014, 15:32 |
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Glenn, You are so right! Don't know what I was saying. Thank God my Beechtalk brothers are here to talk sense back into me.  Cool setup you have. How often do you use the helo and for what purpose? Mark
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Post subject: Re: Gyro copter/plane Posted: 25 Dec 2014, 19:53 |
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[FaceBookVideo][/FaceBookVideo][quote="Todd Sanderson"][youtube]http://youtu.be/3dciagv9noA[/youtube]
[youtube]http://youtu.be/wvgVjkKlatA[/youtube]
[youtube]http://youtu.be/n6FWQalBeFY[/youtube]
Watch these and then decide. Same price as a gyro with the same performance, except the gyro has no turbine, much less power, and will not hover.[/quote
Wow! I will check them out.
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Post subject: Re: Gyro copter/plane Posted: 25 Dec 2014, 20:07 |
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Todd, did you build one or buy a finished helicycle?
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Post subject: Re: Gyro copter/plane Posted: 25 Dec 2014, 21:16 |
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I fly choppers. I got rated in a R22. I have hours in a Hughes 300. You better be sharp and it better not get windy in that Robinson. The Hughes, that thing is great. I've never flown a Bell 47, but the rotor system looks beefy enough for the frame, I bet that's a good one too. The higher the proportion of the mass in the rotor system to the mass of everything else, the easier it will be to autorotate in my experience.
They're fun, but I like going fast, and you can't land on buildings any more in the places I go. Don't go cheap. A bad designed anything that's flying low and slow will eventually kill you. Just my .02- you're worth doing it right.
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Post subject: Re: Gyro copter/plane Posted: 25 Dec 2014, 22:02 |
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Username Protected wrote: Todd, did you build one or buy a finished helicycle? Bought it finished and taught myself to fly it. One of the easiest flying machines out there. No throttle to control and all the extra power you want. Never had a problem in the wind. Flew it many days that had steady winds of 20 and gusts to 35.
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Post subject: Re: Gyro copter/plane Posted: 26 Dec 2014, 02:28 |
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Username Protected wrote: Glenn, You are so right! Don't know what I was saying. Thank God my Beechtalk brothers are here to talk sense back into me. Cool setup you have. How often do you use the helo and for what purpose? Mark Mark, Glad to be here to keep you on track   My Aerostar is great but it is really an autopilot airplane. I decided to get my helicopter license for my "next aviation challenge" and to keep up my hand/feet skills. I got the Bell 47 for fun and got my license in it just over a year ago. Flew it about 60 hours last year including a bunch of Young Eagles flights. Also if I do my pre-flight the night before, I can be in the air within 10-15 minutes after getting out of bed  Glenn
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Post subject: Re: Gyro copter/plane Posted: 26 Dec 2014, 19:24 |
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Username Protected wrote: Todd, did you build one or buy a finished helicycle? Bought it finished and taught myself to fly it. One of the easiest flying machines out there. No throttle to control and all the extra power you want. Never had a problem in the wind. Flew it many days that had steady winds of 20 and gusts to 35.
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No instruction at all? If I knew you better I would say that either makes you a badass or a dumbass but since I don't I will just be impressed.
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Post subject: Re: Gyro copter/plane Posted: 26 Dec 2014, 19:26 |
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Username Protected wrote: I fly choppers. I got rated in a R22. I have hours in a Hughes 300. You better be sharp and it better not get windy in that Robinson. The Hughes, that thing is great. I've never flown a Bell 47, but the rotor system looks beefy enough for the frame, I bet that's a good one too. The higher the proportion of the mass in the rotor system to the mass of everything else, the easier it will be to autorotate in my experience.
They're fun, but I like going fast, and you can't land on buildings any more in the places I go. Don't go cheap. A bad designed anything that's flying low and slow will eventually kill you. Just my .02- you're worth doing it right. Craig, I am listening. Thanks for the input. Mark
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Post subject: Re: Gyro copter/plane Posted: 27 Dec 2014, 02:04 |
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Todd, why did you sell the helicycle? You seem to have one of the worst cases of AADD I've seen. Aviation Attention Deficit Disorder.
I was thinking of my next toy a helicycle or a Safari.
Did powered parachutes for a while. Thought they looked like the dumbest thing ever till I flew one. Some rigs flew like a high performance skydiving setup, others like a hefty sac.
Mine was a way undersized performance wing. Cheap as can be, and a ton of fun.
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