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"Ken Sandyeggo" a écrit dans le message news:
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Hmm, well what's happening with these newer elastomeric bearings,
these days?
How are they coming along, and where are they falling short?

I've heard that they are at the cutting edge of rotor hub technology,
and could be used to change the rotor pitch on a gyroplane, for jump
purposes.

Uh....O.K. The gyroplane market is so miniscule, one would have to be
an idiot to develop anything over a cost of a couple thou and 2 to 3
weeks in your basement or garage. Hardly any 2 gyros are alike.
Gyroheads are the "Kings of Modification." To make something that was
adaptable to the whole gyro market would be an exercise in futility.
Too many variations and little standardization. You lost me on the
elastomeric bearings. They are far from new and in about 6 years on a
very active gyro forum, I don't recall the subject ever coming up. No
one there is interested in jump take-offs. If they were, they'd be on
the heli forum. Gyros are meant for the simpler end of rotary flight.
Jump take-off adds a complexity that actual, flying gyroheads are
disinterested in. It's good for mental masturbation on NGs, but
that's about it.

Ken J. - Sandy, eh?.......GO!!!