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Gyrocopter Drag Races
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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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Well...gyroplanes ARE draggy machines....
(sorry, I couldn't help myself) _________________ Jon Carleton Private ASEL Instrument Sport Pilot Gyroplane |
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And some gyro pilots dress in drag
       You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. _________________ 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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So, how would you regulate leaving the start line?
No two prerotators achieve the same RPM at the same time. How would you make this a fair take off? I've built 503's that would out fly a MTO with speed and agility, but my prerotator could not compete. Am I suppose to invest thousands of dollars to compete? With out classifications, this will be hard to achieve. _________________ The laws of physics dictate not negotiate. A madman uses his genius to be destructive. A genius uses his madness to be constructive. |
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| Sun Nov 18, 2018 6:24 pm |
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JAKE! wrote: So, how would you regulate leaving the start line? No two prerotators achieve the same RPM at the same time. How would you make this a fair take off? I've built 503's that would out fly a MTO with speed and agility, but my prerotator could not compete. Am I suppose to invest thousands of dollars to compete? With out classifications, this will be hard to achieve. More vision Jake. Why do the prerotators have to achieve the same rpm at the same time? It isn't about who takes off first. It is a drag to the end. The format is a test where skill and knowhow (and maybe some cunning and guile) will still count. Note, a +600hp turbine monster with the benefit of reverse didn't get it all its own way on the day. Using a standing or le mans start, I would wager your 503 machine in skilled hands will be in front at the 1000' mark on almost any given day. (and then be pretty hard to catch from there). ps. The POH will handicap the MTO in any event. |
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| Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:57 am |
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Good point!
 _________________  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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| Mon Nov 19, 2018 8:15 am |
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Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:24 am Posts: 673 Location: In your mind Has thanked: 822 times Been thanked: 1000 times
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LoneEagle wrote: JAKE! wrote: So, how would you regulate leaving the start line? No two prerotators achieve the same RPM at the same time. How would you make this a fair take off? I've built 503's that would out fly a MTO with speed and agility, but my prerotator could not compete. Am I suppose to invest thousands of dollars to compete? With out classifications, this will be hard to achieve. More vision Jake. Why do the prerotators have to achieve the same rpm at the same time? It isn't about who takes off first. It is a drag to the end. The format is a test where skill and knowhow (and maybe some cunning and guile) will still count. Note, a +600hp turbine monster with the benefit of reverse didn't get it all its own way on the day. Using a standing or le mans start, I would wager your 503 machine in skilled hands will be in front at the 1000' mark on almost any given day. (and then be pretty hard to catch from there). ps. The POH will handicap the MTO in any event. That don't make no sense. Side by side drags, Ya know, like me and Muz start from a line at the same time. Seems like prerotation has a big part on departure _________________ The laws of physics dictate not negotiate. A madman uses his genius to be destructive. A genius uses his madness to be constructive. |
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