I actually talked to Don Shoebridge and he did build and fly his... he was so pissed at the
gyro community that he sold it to his friend Dan who built 3 more and sold them off as well.
The back story of how the Wauchula morons came to be was directly related to the spat
that was created on the RWF. By the naysayers and detractors and when he called these ppl morons
Greg Spicola and company ran with it.
I feel it was a worth while effort and I'm sure he would have changed things as it evolved any way and most ppl do put suspension on them. I did!! Also made mine more CLT compliant and swept my mast back 9 degrees as well.
Don was a smart and talented guy but the RWF ran him off too ( can u say build thread).
I tried to get him to sell me the rights to his design and help me further develop the Hornet but he
was so disgusted by the treatment he received he declined to do so. Apparently he ended up
getting divorced and partly due to his wife not wanting him to fly a gyro. He is still in aviation just not Gyro's.
I have his old website archives and will post when I have the time to put it here.
