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 Joined: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:30 pm Posts: 1248 Location: UP A GUMTREE Has thanked: 1949 times Been thanked: 1688 times 
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...ANDWhatan awesomePARTY it WAS!!!
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Joined: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:30 pm Posts: 1248 Location: UP A GUMTREE Has thanked: 1949 times Been thanked: 1688 times
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Joined: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:30 pm Posts: 1248 Location: UP A GUMTREE Has thanked: 1949 times Been thanked: 1688 times
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Need some more ?????
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| Tue Aug 04, 2015 1:44 am |
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Great pics; congrats for winning the top award at Mentone.
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| Tue Aug 04, 2015 3:02 am |
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WOOOHOOOO
Thanks for the pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Niiiice machine  Congrats Pretty good turn out. Looks like the weather wasn't much of a clear sky scenario but that has never been the case anyways. Thanks again for the pics.  _________________  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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| Tue Aug 04, 2015 6:32 am |
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Joined: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:30 pm Posts: 1248 Location: UP A GUMTREE Has thanked: 1949 times Been thanked: 1688 times
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Plenty more to come ... that was just the first couple of days ... the hangar was packed by Fri- Sat! ...A great sample of all kinds old-style & single seat as well as a lot of new-gen gyros ... only seem to be missing an example of Butterfly this year! :( ....
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Joined: Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:49 am Posts: 781 Location: Lower Spiral Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy Has thanked: 140 times Been thanked: 1078 times
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Congrats on your award, Chris. It is long overdue for the efforts you have employed to further the sport.
_________________ Jon Carleton Private ASEL Instrument Sport Pilot Gyroplane |
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| Tue Aug 04, 2015 11:16 am |
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Joined: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:30 pm Posts: 1248 Location: UP A GUMTREE Has thanked: 1949 times Been thanked: 1688 times
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THANKS ...Jeff, Gabs & Jon!!
Jim & I REALLY enjoyed the whole week ... slow & quiet at the start & time for in-depth visiting with fellow early-birds ... enjoy the flying / training ... getting familiar with the area & not too crowded skies ... ... it was exciting to watch the event build momentum through Wed - Thursday to peak on Friday & Saturday! I enjoyed talking to so many & met quite a few newbies & connected the faces with names from RWF! _________________ |
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| Tue Aug 04, 2015 8:38 pm |
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 Site Admin  Joined: Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:45 am Posts: 10129 Location: Poona, Qld, OZZY Has thanked: 21874 times Been thanked: 6221 times
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How close is Charlie horse (FJ) to going solo?
That will be an awesome day.... cant wait.... mustn't be too far away now       _________________ I do all of my own stunts..... most of them are even planned! Ok, Ok.... some of them are planned.. If electricity comes from ELECTRONS, then surely morality comes from MORONS?? |
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| Wed Aug 05, 2015 6:08 am |
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What do you guys think the reason Ernie used the rods on his blades like that? I have just noticed it on Chris' pics that they are like that.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. _________________ 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 Aug 05, 2015 6:47 am |
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 Joined: Thu Nov 07, 2013 12:56 am Posts: 3073 Location: VERY LOW LOW LOW EARTH ORBIT Has thanked: 3078 times Been thanked: 3854 times
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increase inplane stiffness. might have a little rotor weave
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Joined: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:24 pm Posts: 2747 Location: East Central South Carolina Has thanked: 521 times Been thanked: 2905 times
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I believe Chuck Beatty said it helps dampen 2rev shake.
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| Wed Aug 05, 2015 10:16 pm |
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Looks rather bulky and ugly.
Funny SportCopter blades don't need that shit. They are just freaking good as is out of the box..... Thanks for the chiming in. I wasn't sure why that was necessary but when I flew that gyro with the Yammie on the blades were slowing down rapidly at climb out. The prop out-flew the blades!!!!!!!!!!!  _________________ 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 Aug 05, 2015 11:13 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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Sport copter blades are wide chord, the skinny dragon wings want to twist more on heavy machines, that is why everyone who has them complains about the shake, torsional stiffness or something like that.
_________________ 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: Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:49 am Posts: 781 Location: Lower Spiral Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy Has thanked: 140 times Been thanked: 1078 times
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I got a kick out of a thread on RWF several years ago where people were rating blades. LOTS of folks were extolling the vast greatness of Dragon Wings. I happened to ask to which other rotors they were referring by comparison. It wasn't a shock, I suppose. Almost none of the Dragon Wings fans had ever flown anything else.
I don't dislike Dragon Wings for a light machine. They are also the least expensive. But, Dragon Wings are not my first choice if its my machine. I say this having flown a fair variety of rotors on a variety of different machines, including Dragons Wings on light and heavy machines. _________________ Jon Carleton Private ASEL Instrument Sport Pilot Gyroplane |
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| Thu Aug 06, 2015 2:36 pm |
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Joined: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:30 pm Posts: 1248 Location: UP A GUMTREE Has thanked: 1949 times Been thanked: 1688 times
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MadMuz wrote: How close is Charlie horse (FJ) to going solo? That will be an awesome day.... cant wait.... mustn't be too far away now He's up to 24 hours total CFI training in gyro ...12 of those in the Titanium ...plus the one with Sam - not in his book! Both Michael & Greg say he is very close to solo ... just needs to get those landings consistent ( when we get the bigger front seat in Festey ... that should help sit him back & down to give better clearance with full-back-stick! ... main issue with getting nice landings!) _________________ |
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Site Admin Joined: Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:45 am Posts: 10129 Location: Poona, Qld, OZZY Has thanked: 21874 times Been thanked: 6221 times
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Awesome.... great work FJ....
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