John A. Landry wrote:

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 21:36:35 GMT, in rec.aviation.rotorcraft, boB said:


...I was flying Army from 1970 - 1995.


1982 to 1987 here.



I was at Ft Riley KS 82-85 then 2nd ACR in Germany through 1988



But no matter what model interests you, some strong words of caution to a
brother pilot...

There have been a lot of very poorly designed gyroplanes created over the
years (from a stability standpoint)... usually created by well meaning people
lacking an in depth understanding of both aerodynamics and physics. This has
lead to a lot of deaths and given amateur-built gyroplanes a bad reputation
that still lingers. Thankfully through better educated buyers, things have
been slowly changing.

thanks for the advice. When the time comes I'll be researching again.
Right now it's pilots like you that I like to talk with. the pictures
were great. Now that gyro looks a lot of fun to fly.

I've flown OH-58's across this county several times so a slow cruising
gyro is ok with me. I want the enclosed cockpit and ability to travel
cross country, albeit slowly.


Anyway, I don't mean to scare you off from gyroplanes... I just want to warn
you there are still unstable models out there.



Not at all scaring me.


A great place to learn more about gyroplanes is to hang out over on:

www.rotaryforum.com


I'll take a look... Thanks



Take care,

John L.

Thanks again....

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boB,
SAG 70

U.S. Army Aviation (retired)
Central Texas - 5NM West of Gray Army Airfield (KGRK)