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Bob, I'm with you on the Gyro, lost a real
good friend two years ago by a gyro, great high time pilot, fell in on final
from about 40 feet. JohnD
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Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 4:05
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Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Single rotor
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Hey Lynn,
I think we need to set up a secret SELL THE GYRO society! Just to
keep all our friends from hurting themselves.
Bob
This could just be silly, but how about reducing the torque the engine
can produce at lower revs, by backing off the timing and over-leaning the
injection system. Once through the problem RPM, then back to ideal power
settings. Sell the gyro. We raced on 20 degrees
BTDC both leading and trailing for years. Idle settings as low as 13
degrees leading and 5 ATDC trailing have been used.
The idea of running with no pitch was to eliminate blade stiffness as a
part of the problem.
A friend had one of those props on his ultra-light and it touched the
chassis on run up, where the wood prop of the same diameter did not.
He cut off two inches and all was well. But they are very
flexible.
Lynn E. Hanover
Sell the Gyro
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