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 Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:21 am Posts: 7151 Location: Lost Has thanked: 115 times Been thanked: 8645 times 
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I stumbled across this the other day, http://www.vortechonline.com/specials/p ... yro_lh.htm
So beside the obvious dissadvantage of less aerodynamic streamlining, why do we not see more S&S gyros? I thought heck you could sit in the middle (not with seat tanks) and put your feet on the outer pedals when flying solo... Just thinking..... You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. _________________ It's never too late to be a bad example. I spent all my money on Bikes, Broads, and Booze, the rest I wasted. |
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Joined: Thu Nov 07, 2013 9:35 am Posts: 1755 Location: Aloha, Oregon Has thanked: 54 times Been thanked: 725 times
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That's a lot of weed strapped in that seat !
WOLVERINES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! _________________ Ever notice in life occasionally you'll come across somebody you never should have fucked with ? Well that's me ! |
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Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:21 am Posts: 7151 Location: Lost Has thanked: 115 times Been thanked: 8645 times
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Hmmmmm.
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| Wed May 14, 2014 10:01 am |
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My exact point too! Love them Side by sides...
_________________  A walk in the woods helps me relax and release tension. The fact that I am dragging a body should be entirely irrelevant! A simple thank you would have been enough for the morning coffee without all that "how did you get in here" nonsense. |
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| Wed May 14, 2014 10:03 am |
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Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:21 am Posts: 7151 Location: Lost Has thanked: 115 times Been thanked: 8645 times
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I think it would be lighter without all the additional length of the airframe? I may be wrong, I need to check into this.......
_________________ It's never too late to be a bad example. I spent all my money on Bikes, Broads, and Booze, the rest I wasted. |
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| Wed May 14, 2014 10:14 am |
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Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:21 am Posts: 7151 Location: Lost Has thanked: 115 times Been thanked: 8645 times
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Stan V has a very nice old RAF, BUT he said it is really under powered.
Wonder what it would look like CLT. http://www.rotaryforum.com/forum/classi ... e=raf-2000 _________________ It's never too late to be a bad example. I spent all my money on Bikes, Broads, and Booze, the rest I wasted. |
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| Wed May 14, 2014 10:59 am |
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Scott- My RAF had a 2.2 and I thought it did quite well will average sized passenger and my big butt. I hauled my 270 pound son , on a 85 degree day and it flew but not much climb rate.
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| Wed May 14, 2014 12:32 pm |
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Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:21 am Posts: 7151 Location: Lost Has thanked: 115 times Been thanked: 8645 times
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I just need to go ahead and start this build, otherwise I will redesign it a hundred times in my head,
  My Wife and I will weigh in together under 300lbs, so I don't want to build a dreadnought class gyro, She likes side by side, but the tandem seems to be more popular, perhaps easier to build? flys better solo? Just kicking around Ideas......I think I am A.D.D..  _________________ It's never too late to be a bad example. I spent all my money on Bikes, Broads, and Booze, the rest I wasted. |
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| Wed May 14, 2014 12:57 pm |
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We weight under 300 lbs too together......I was 248 this morning so I need to make sure she is on her diet.....
 _________________ A walk in the woods helps me relax and release tension. The fact that I am dragging a body should be entirely irrelevant! A simple thank you would have been enough for the morning coffee without all that "how did you get in here" nonsense. |
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| Wed May 14, 2014 1:41 pm |
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Joined: Wed Dec 04, 2013 10:18 pm Posts: 420 Location: Gilboa, OH Has thanked: 784 times Been thanked: 330 times
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I like a side by side too.
One "problem" is dissimilar human weight. On a teetering head gyro, if the pilot is 200 lb and the passenger is 100 lb, the airframe will appear to be in a slight banking turn. Also, if a pusher, the prop receives more burbly air than with a tandem seat gyro. Heheh.....Gabi, you aren't right (in the head)! Added: I agree with Elwood on the weight.....the normal tandem gyro has a longer keel and a added seat, plus the added vertical support bars for the extended keel. The side by side has a heavier seat and a bit more beef in the two overhead mast side plates....unless the mast tilts forward. _________________ Ed Rosenberger |
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