Gonzales Flyin [Archive] - Rotary Wing Forum

Phil_Ruffin

01-24-2008, 07:15 PM

Mark,
Mustard Greens and Possum..... Hmmm boy my favorite.

Throw a little Fat Back in those mustard greens and your eatin big time.

I wish I could make it down but I'll be finishing up on some gyro upgrades and getting ready for Bensen Days.

Last year at BD's Rudy invited Scott Essex and myself over for supper when most everyone went to that Castle place.

MAN THAT WAS SOME GOOD EATEN'

Rudy, I hope to get another invite this year also.....Hint, Hint.

Friendly

01-24-2008, 07:26 PM

In 2005 , I brought freezer bags of Rudy's Jambalaya to BD and made friends real fast.

rgraffeo

02-18-2008, 05:46 PM

Don't forget:

PRA Chapter 20 Winter 2008 Chapter meet
Saturday the 8th of March
Louisiana Regional Airport
Gonzales, LA

Rudy
225-715-2918

Friendly

02-18-2008, 08:33 PM

Rudy,
I am looking forward to it.
Guy , its going to be close~~~

gyromike

02-19-2008, 05:50 AM

I posted the information on the chapter website if anyone else is interested.
Just click the link in my signature below.

GyroRon

02-19-2008, 05:58 AM

How many of you Coons are going to Bensen Days?

gyromike

02-19-2008, 09:52 AM

Don't know yet.

SHARKEYBROS

02-28-2008, 03:32 PM

Hey everybody, I am going to try and make it,if everything goes right here. Have just put some new tires on my gyro and checking everything out. Anybody else coming?

rgraffeo

02-28-2008, 03:52 PM

You boys bess be there, them cows can go several hours without eating or milking.

kmccormick

02-28-2008, 07:22 PM

Never being to a gyro flyin, what could I expect if I made the 200 mile journey (by car of course, rotorless gyro in tow.....maybe). My last flyin only had 1 gyro, 350 fixed wing, and 2 helicopters. Not complaining, especially since it was 15 miles from the house. Is it at Louisiana regional? I might fly a boring fixed wing if it is at the airport

Kevin
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Suzuki GS500F (http://www.cyclechaos.com/wiki/Suzuki_GS500F)

Friendly

02-29-2008, 05:17 AM

Kevin,
There was a good video of the last Gonzales Flyin , done by the local news team. We never know who is going to be there until we get there, but I know of Rudy, Bill, Sharkey Brothers, my self, Guy, should have gyros there, Mike Gaspard , Morgan , John are there if they are off work, Rod , I hope and Bob, Scott, Ken , Jeff, Manuel and Johnson. Not sure who I left out. usually 7 to 15 Gyros show up, but two of our regulars are doing maintenance on their gyros. Debbie and Terri bring a PPC .

rgraffeo

02-29-2008, 04:56 PM

Kevin,
If you wait until May we are having another meet at Jennings, LA.
Its along Interstate 10 closer to Texas.

gyromike

02-29-2008, 05:53 PM

Kevin,
If you wait until May we are having another meet at Jennings, LA.
Its along Interstate 10 closer to Texas.

And there will be boiled crawfish too!

Timchick

02-29-2008, 06:21 PM

Kevin,
If you wait until May we are having another meet at Jennings, LA.
Its along Interstate 10 closer to Texas.

He may want to attend both.

kmccormick

02-29-2008, 09:28 PM

He may want to attend both.

Yeah....Can't I attend both?:Cry:

Just a little more information guys, mostly about the airport. Will there be a temporary tower set up? If so, what frequency...ect.
________
TS90 (http://www.cyclechaos.com/wiki/Suzuki_TS90)

gyromike

03-01-2008, 04:15 AM

Kevin,

You sure can attend both!

Here is the info on Gonzales airport:
http://www.airnav.com/airport/L38

Here is the info on Jennings:
http://www.airnav.com/airport/3R7

jchurchman

03-01-2008, 06:21 PM

I'll be there boys. Going to be working in houston but will take a couple of days off. May have one or two ppc's that i fly with join us there as well.

Terry Young

03-01-2008, 08:03 PM

Steve McGowan

03-02-2008, 05:54 AM

I sure hope Yall have GOOD Weather....

I would love to be there, Ya makin me HUNGRY

gyromike

03-02-2008, 06:44 AM

... Ya makin me HUNGRY

Mmmmmmmmm.......

http://www.worldofstock.com/slides/PFO1021.jpg

I had some last week, and it was good!

(slurp, smack, drool...)

C. Beaty

03-02-2008, 07:10 AM

What kind of lunatic would eat bugs; especially red ones?:D

rgraffeo

03-02-2008, 07:13 AM

Sorry no crawfish, we are having chicken, pork & sausage jambalaya.

Steve,
I'll see if the wife can make some crawfish etouffee, that I can freeze & bring to you next time we meet.

Mr. Beaty,
I'll see about bringing you some boudin on the next trip to Bensen days.
I'm sure you'll eat that.

C. Beaty

03-02-2008, 07:44 AM

I'll see about bringing you some boudin on the next trip to Bensen days.
I'm sure you'll eat that.The Germans call it blutwurst, Rudy.

But don’t you believe in the Biblical exhortations not to eat fish without scales nor critters with their bones on the outside?

rgraffeo

03-02-2008, 07:49 AM

By the way we are going to eat supper at this place again:

http://www.thecabinrestaurant.com/

RockyMeLad

03-03-2008, 02:32 PM

Mike,

Now you've made me drool on my keyboard again. :D
Those mud-bugs look good enough to eat, but there's no flavor on the screen.

jchurchman

03-03-2008, 04:58 PM

Hey Terry, Mark has a tandem with a 582, Brian has a tandem with a 503. Mark and his girlfriend are excited about the get together, I mentioned that your wife and yourself, ppc owners, were in our club. Brian and his wife might make it as well. Havent gotten confirmation from either yet, but they both love the sky. Ill work on them some more this evening. See yall there. Hey John,

Who are the guys with the powered parachutes?
Debbie and I may bring ours, but the wind forecast usually isnt' good
for PPC around this time of year. We have had no luck in previous years.

But even if the weather isn't good for PPC flying, we plan on being there as
always.

Terry Young
N99TY

gyromike

03-03-2008, 06:24 PM

What kind of lunatic would eat bugs; especially red ones?:D

And here I figured a Florida redneck would eat anything!

Friendly

03-03-2008, 07:19 PM

Hey John,

Who are the guys with the powered parachutes?
Debbie and I may bring ours, but the wind forecast usually isnt' good
for PPC around this time of year. We have had no luck in previous years.

But even if the weather isn't good for PPC flying, we plan on being there as
always.

Terry Young
N99TY

Terry,
That will be Mark and Brian, (I think) from Lake Charles area. Also I want to put you on notice, there will be a gyro/PPC event ,at Bunkie Airport, the first week of June, so put it on your calendar.

Friendly

03-03-2008, 07:29 PM

And here I figured a Florida redneck would eat anything!

Is Chuck a redneck, I thought he use to live in Louisiana, no wonder he left. He probably felt outof place.
Steve,
you stay hungry, your students don't feed you well enough. I like to buy your meal. You make a fellow feel like his money is well spent cuz you clean your plate and leave the waitress smiling.:drama:

Terry Young

03-03-2008, 07:35 PM

Hey John and Mark,

Thought I might know the PPC guys, but the names don't sound familiar.

Even if they don't bring their machines, I hope they come on over, look

forward to meeting other flyers.

I knew about the Bunkie flyin, and definitely look forward to that one.

Terry

MikeBoyette

03-04-2008, 05:25 AM

And here I figured a Florida redneck would eat anything!

Nope, This Florida cracker won't eat that swamp rat ya'll eat over there either. I will however eat the heck out of Rudy's jambalaya.

Friendly

03-09-2008, 08:36 PM

well, our first flyin was cold and windy, but we had a great time. And best of all our 2008 season has begun.

From left to right is Scott Bordelon, myself, Mike Gaspard, Mike Morgan, John Churchman, Max Churchman, Bill Wieger, Terry Young, and Rudy Jambalaya Graffeo .
Guy Seghers camera man.

gyromike

03-10-2008, 05:29 AM

Nice picture Mark.

I think John's cousin is named Max Churchman.

animal

03-10-2008, 05:37 AM

Congrats on the Fly-in. now lets see more pics of it. sounds like ya'll had a fun time.

Friendly

03-10-2008, 05:44 AM

I usually take more pictures , but the only picture , I have, is this. Maybe Mike has some. He and Rudy write articles for the PRA Mag for our chapter so they may be waiting to post some there.
Thanks for the name, Mike

Kingchocolate

03-10-2008, 06:00 AM

Hey does anyone have Clarence e-mail address?

Thank you
Scott

gyromike

03-10-2008, 06:09 AM

Was Clarence the older guy in the black ball cap?

Kingchocolate

03-10-2008, 06:46 AM

Yes Mike,
He is the one working on the new Aurora
Butterfly.

Thank You
Scott

rgraffeo

03-10-2008, 07:33 AM

Bill Weiger

rgraffeo

03-10-2008, 07:35 AM

Mark Carmouche

rgraffeo

03-10-2008, 07:36 AM

John Churchman

rgraffeo

03-10-2008, 07:37 AM

Me giving a ride to a first time gyro passenger.

rgraffeo

03-10-2008, 08:05 AM

String them blades.
Chapter meeting after lunch.
Supper at The Cabin.

animal

03-10-2008, 04:55 PM

Mark Carmouche cool, finely get a good view of Marks Gyro, it looks good.

animal

03-10-2008, 04:56 PM

the pics look great. how did that first time passenger like the ride?

rgraffeo

03-10-2008, 05:27 PM

He said he liked it, he has some fixed wing time.
It was a cold & very bumpy ride.

Friendly

03-10-2008, 06:36 PM

Thanks for the pictures Rudy, the third picture is John Churchman passing me on a flyby in his Dominator.

rgraffeo

03-10-2008, 06:44 PM

Mark,
Got the pictures messed up, was trying to re-size them & got confused.
The wife said it was hard taking pictures of you since you blended into the background.

Friendly

03-10-2008, 06:59 PM

Friendly

03-10-2008, 07:07 PM

Mark,
Got the pictures messed up, was trying to re-size them & got confused.
The wife said it was hard taking pictures of you since you blended into the background.

I can't argue with the truth! I think you resized me in the first picture. If not, I gotta lose some weight!!

Friendly

03-10-2008, 07:10 PM

cool, finely get a good view of Marks Gyro, it looks good.

thanks, I should finish it before the next flyin. Also there is another KB4 lurking in the bushes.

jchurchman

03-12-2008, 04:17 AM

[QUOTE=rgraffeo;222221]He said he liked it, he has some fixed wing time.
It was a cold & very bumpy ride.[/QUOTE

I called John about 730am. He was in Gonzales already. We had so much rain during the week. John said come on down Mark its not even freezing. Its only 31 degrees outside. I didn't have the heart to tell him that is below freezing, so I hooked up to my gyro , got stuck in the yard trying to get to the driveway from my back yard and then caught hell from John for showing up with a dirty gyro. The truck threw mud on it from the tires.
I would have missed a great flying experience if John had not convinced me to bring my gyro and a thermal suit.

Mark, freezing is a frame of mind, not a number:D.I don't know why you worry about freezing weather, I know one of the many gyros you own must have a set of skis on it. I am glad you brought your gyro too, it was the first time i actually flew with other gyros since i flew with steve while soloing.Yup, good times.

jchurchman

03-12-2008, 04:24 AM

John Churchman

ya, thanks for the pictures, Rudy. I will have to learn how to resize mine and post. some. By the way, I cant beleive yall thought my daughter was my girlfriend,geez,thought i introduced her to everyone. She had a great time and enjoyed the food as well.

Friendly

03-12-2008, 05:00 AM

John,
You look 25 years old.

rgraffeo

03-12-2008, 04:44 PM

John,
Nothing personal but I always considered you a cradle-robber.:lol:

gyronutt

03-12-2008, 05:29 PM

heres a few pic of marks good looking gyro thanks, I should finish it before the next flyin. Also there is another KB4 lurking in the bushes.

animal

03-12-2008, 07:35 PM

heres a few pic of marks good looking gyro now that is slick, what is the insterment pod made from. love the recessed landing light.

great job. KB4? KB3 on steroids?

Friendly

03-12-2008, 08:24 PM

thanks for the kind words fellows.
Tim,
I tried to make a pod from fiberglass and it was bad, very bad. So I bought a pod for a 2008 Suzuki quad runner. I posted how I made it on a thread about pods. I like it up close for me to see but it needs to be triangles to stiffen the side movement. It houses the EIS and main switch. The light is functional but I did not hook up the wire for fear it may generate too much heat next to the EIS. I will experiment with it some this summer. I am pleased with how the gyro flys ,but it still needs some fine tuning. I have a few pictures of it. Notice the strong crosswind in the yaw string on the bottom picture. You can click on the picture to open it up and click again to open it more.

animal

03-13-2008, 04:27 AM

thanks for the kind words fellows.
Tim,
I tried to make a pod from fiberglass and it was bad, very bad. So I bought a pod for a 2008 Suzuki quad runner. .
When I looked at it I was wondering if it was cut down from kind of motorcycle. never gave thought about a Quad runner.

That is a slick idea. I agree. I an hashing over the Idea of moveing my pod closer on my gyro if I can't get the Falcon Body for mine. right now mine sits kind of low and forward,I would like it to be close enough to be able to easyily reach in flight if I have a 4 point harness on.

animal

03-13-2008, 08:09 AM

what kind of Prerotatior are you running? if I see right it looks electric with a shaft going up the mast. am I seeing right? if so can you show me some pics of how it is made. I am wanting to make a shaft driven prerotatior but useing a gear box off the engine to drive it.

Friendly

03-13-2008, 08:22 PM

Tim,
It is electric starter mounted to the mast instead of the head. It is good enough to get the Dragon Wings up to beginning taxi speed. I am using a light battery so taxi a short space with prerotor engaged. I was running out of time to get in the air so I went the quickest , easiest, and cheapest route for prerotor. It does not get much easier that hanging a starter and running a few cables. I had plans to come off the front of the Rotax engine with a 90 degree drive, but several people voiced concerns about the bearing loading. so I put that Ideal on the shelf for now. I think a belt drive rather than the friction wheel will give you less slippage , thus more RPM. I am working on that still. Put the electric on and get flying, make improvements in winter when you can't fly. If I did all I wanted to do to the KB4 it would still be in the shop. If you want the perfect gyro, you need two. One to fly and one to always be improving. I will take some pictures of my setup and post in the old Dropped keel thread so we can keep the information together.
Ron A. built a no nonsense machine in great time and he is flying. I am sure he will tell you he has had better machines and he will in all probability build something with more of the features he likes , but he is flying and now has the leisure to do what ever he likes to his other gyros.
Looking forward to your first flight report.

animal

03-14-2008, 06:41 AM

Tim,
It is electric starter mounted to the mast instead of the head. .
Thanks Mark, thats what it looked like was the starter to the mast, what I mainly need to see is how you connected it to the head, the shaft going up to the starter.

what I have been toying with the Idea of is a small gear box that would be mounted on slide rails that would use 2 harley big twin clutch disks, one mounted to the engine and one to the gear box, the gear box would have a spring loaded lever that when raised would slide the gear boc back makeing contact with the 2 disks ,you would lighting let them slip until the blades started to turn then pull harder to get a full lock in.

I would then even with the engine at idle speed you should get some good speed on the blades.

When I built my Dusty 2 helicopter and was doing early gear box tests i had a single belt on the pully,and I am here to tell you,it did not take much at all to spin the 80 pounds plus blades and head.

that why I am suprised that people are not getting better speed with prerotatiors on gyros.

Timchick

03-14-2008, 05:37 PM

I wonder how well an RAF type prerotator would work on a single-place gyro. If it will spin up 30 ft blades good just think what it would do to some 23-24 footers.

Friendly

03-14-2008, 10:24 PM

Tim,
I believe an RAF prerotor would be very close to lift off speed if you use the right size pulley on the prop end..I have thought about some electric clutches as well and a pulley tension setup to let you engage slow for start up. Research only takes time and money.huh?

Friendly

05-04-2008, 09:17 PM

Friday night , I left my shop at 2 am. It was gusting about 30mph. There were weather bullentin on the TV for sevear Thunder Storms and Tornado watch for several of the parishes. About 1/2 hour later the rain and lighting began.
I thought surely our flyin would be cancelled. The FAA cancelled theirs for the same day.
Come morning the outside was so calm an beautiful , I could not believe it . Bill said he was on his way to Jennings.
So I drove to Ball, La and picked up my truck and headed back home for the gyro. Due to weather it was one of the smallest turn outs I have seen at a LA. flyin , but when you got quality people, you don't need quantity.

Passin' Thru

05-05-2008, 03:33 AM

I wonder how well an RAF type prerotator would work on a single-place gyro. If it will spin up 30 ft blades good just think what it would do to some 23-24 footers.
I'm not sure, but I think that's what Birdy uses on his ferral? Maybe he'll chime in here and share his wit and wisdom.

Friendly

05-05-2008, 05:02 AM

Mike Gaspard was caught on Camera eating more crawfish than last year. Can you count them plates?

Peanut

05-05-2008, 12:19 PM

Friendly

05-05-2008, 04:09 PM

Sorry I didn't make it guys. Got stuck in Chicago; cancelled flights due to weather and mechanical problems. Got home really late and couldn't get up to the fly-in.

Mark, clear out some of your private messages so I people can reply to yours!:rant:

love that new picture of yours, and clean out some messages, OK. Also here are some more pictures of Gaspard, on his 5th and 6 th plate of crawfish. He was glad for low turnout because he ate 7 plates of crawfish!!!

Peanut

05-10-2008, 12:40 PM

Did Mike leave any crawfish to the rest of you?!

I need to get with you Mark and discuss some things. Maybe we could get together soon. I may take a ride to see how Manuel's doing soon. I'll let you know.

Friendly

05-10-2008, 01:33 PM

Most everybody had this look on their face so, I would have to say yes, we all got crawfish, just not 7 plates.
Manuel will be glad to see you . I need to visit him also.

Glenn D

05-12-2008, 06:07 AM

Hey Mark,

Man you took a big risk taking a photo of me. What 's the latest on Manuel with his back surgery? Is he up and around on his feet doing limited movements? and how about his gyro was it airworthy, able to do crow hops?

just Keeping in touch,

Glenn

Friendly

05-12-2008, 06:51 AM

Manuel called Bill and told him he is doing very well and feels like his recovery will be quick. His aircraft has received his Airworthness Cert. and it is ready for crow hops, so I think he will start in Sept. after the Doctor gives the go ahead. Did you get the email for the PPC flyin at Bunkie?
Bob Simmons and his son , sure was glad to see him again and his machine is almost ready to fly.

Peanut

05-12-2008, 05:08 PM

Glenn & Mark,

I'll probably be heading up to Manuel's on Monday, May 19. Just for a visit and to drop off Mark's tall tail. I plan on giving Manuel a call later in the week to verify. I'll let you know what's up with his recovery.

He's a tough old bird! :D