trade for gyro

[jvitable]

trade for gyro-very nice baby great lakes-as new-60 hrs.-con. 75- new metal prop-locking tail wheel--a beauty- can add cash for right gyro--joe in houston

[Curran3]

Joe,
Give me a call today and let's talk.
Curran in Jacksonville, FL 904-728-5641

[StearmanLady]

trade for gyro-very nice baby great lakes-as new-60 hrs.-con. 75- new metal prop-locking tail wheel--a beauty- can add cash for right gyro--joe in houston

I'm a long ways from Houston, but I might be interested.

I've got a brand new Sportcopter Vortex kit still in the crate. Rotax 582 (67 hp), folding mast, prerotator and precision instrument panel. See www.sportcopter.com for more info.

Julie

[jvitable]

julie- where are you located---would like to work a deal--can send pics. and other info..----joe

[GyroRon]

I will trade this for the sportcopter kit.

[KenSandyEggo]

I will trade this for Ron......no, not the kid....the coach.

[StearmanLady]

I won't accept any kids or wives in trade. If I keep a gyro, it will be the Sportcopter. No offense, but I know it to be a fine machine. I'm in Vancouver Washington.

[GyroRon]

???? I offered to trade a AIRplane not a gyro. but we are too far apart and your kit is worth more than my plane so it would never work out for us anyway. but can't blame a guy for asking?

IMHO you really ought to keep the gyro, learn to fly it and have fun. Old Biplanes are alot of fun too, but this is more fun. I have done both.

[StearmanLady]

???? I offered to trade a AIRplane not a gyro. but we are too far apart and your kit is worth more than my plane so it would never work out for us anyway. but can't blame a guy for asking?

IMHO you really ought to keep the gyro, learn to fly it and have fun. Old Biplanes are alot of fun too, but this is more fun. I have done both.

Ron,

Thanks for the correction. I obviously didn't give that photo a very close glance. And no, I can't blame you for asking. Every once in awhile, somebody somewhere says yes.

I know it would be fun to keep and fly the gyro. For now, I fly a beautifully restored, borrowed 1941 Stearman, trading fabric work for keys. I cannot imagine anything being more fun than that. I know those are troublesome words in a rotary wing forum, but a girl's got to stand by her addictions. That said, if I could afford to have both the gyro and the Stearman AND stay retired, I would. I took an early retirement from ATC and I'm doing my best to stay unemployed!

The Stearman project is going to cost me some serious dollars before I'm done with it. For starters, the biggest, most overlooked expense was in buying it a home. Lucky for me, that hangar just happened to come with the house I'm in! I have all the major pieces for the project and can do the airframe work myself, but the engine overhaul will run about $18K, and the disc brake conversion (essential, IMHO) is almost $4K.

Anyway, that's the long answer. And yes, I'm torn about letting the gyro go.

Julie

[Screw]

Screw-In

Maybe you'd feel better if you just donated your gyro. :D I know I would feel better. :D

BTW- Ron, calling your phantom an AIRplane is a stretch! :eek:

Screw-Out

[GyroRon]

Until you have had a ride in a gyro you do not know what your going to miss. If you did it would be tough to sell I can promiss you that! But I also fly fixed wings and Old Steerman type Biplanes are one of my favorites, so I can also understand that view point as well. Good luck.

John, my Phantom has a fixed wing and prop and it flys so what should I call it?

[StearmanLady]

Actually, I was up with Jim Vanek in his two place about a year ago, and had great fun. I know if I put that gyro together, I will become (nearly) as addicted to that as I am on the Stearman. Then I would need to go back to work to pay for the overhaul on that Continental 220 engine! If I did this right, there should be an attached photo of my primary obsession, an earlier model ('41 vs. '44) of the one I'm restoring.

Julie

P.S. to "Screw"... the more likely donation might be a 1955 Studebaker 2 ton E series furniture van with hydraulic lift that I own. Maybe you could use that to help you lift those cats? Looks like you have a house full! :rolleyes: