MadMuz wrote:
Nice looking gyro Scotty... is that the same green as that 'gyrodeputy' dude had his painted?
What happened to that gyro? Did deputy ever get it finished and flying with the Yamaha?
Deputy had a slightly darker but very bright shade of green .... and very nice .... kinda felt bad for him ... he did a meticulous job on the build but during first flight test they realized the Yamaha & gearbox turned the prop in the OPPOSITE direction to Aviomania's tail design ... instead of counteracting fuselege torque it multiplied it .
He had to remove the 2 horizontal stabs ... reposition them properly .... and then just repainted the repair area black so not as nice as before..
It did fly very well and once testing was done I know he flew it a couple of times himself .... then I think it was put up for sale and everything went quiet ... he quit RWF .... said he didnt like the crap going on there but told about his latest endevour .... provide a police patrol gyro to monitor crime etc.
Started a non-profit to fund it in memory of his murdered brother ..... raised over $500k , bought a 2-place (maybe The Sportcopter 2) (not sure) .... and like I said never heard from him again.
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index. ... =814974891https://www.blackhillsfox.com/content/n ... 17431.htmlhttps://www.rotaryforum.com/threads/law ... e.1140233/===============
Edit to add: .... its a Cavalon
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquir ... txt=N500WL..