Carl Schneider's Centerline thrust gyro

[Kevin_Richey]

Carl: How did you attach the front forks to your gyro?

How do you adjust the main gear camber using those gear legs?

[Mike Schallmann]

Ive seen Carl's machine a few times at El Mirage-- The main gear is setup so that fully loaded it has slight camber. The camber increases once the gyro lifts off. On landing the camber can go negative but the scrub action of the wheels contol the bounce. (same as a Cessna) .I contacted Grove Aircraft about making one for me --alll they need was the all up weight of the gyo and the track/height measurements--and a lot of cash.--If I remember correctly the nose gear is connected the same as done on a bicycle --A tube with bearings. If Im wrong somebody will surely correct me--

[carlschneider]

Kevin

Mike is right, the front is all bicycle except the down tube, it is .090 chromoly[sp?].

I have never had a problem with rebound.---Well maybe once or twice.

Carl

[Screw]

Screw-In

How much was alot of cash and do they have a Website address? Carl, could you post some pics of your gear?

Screw-Out

[Kevin_Richey]

Kevin

Mike is right, the front is all bicycle except the down tube, it is .090 chromoly[sp?].

I have never had a problem with rebound.---Well maybe once or twice.

Carl

Thanks for the reply!

How does the down tube of the front fork attach to your keel, I guess I should have asked instead?

[gyromike]

http://www.groveaircraft.com/landing_gear.html

[carlschneider]

Maybe somebody much smarter than me can pull one up somewhere.

there is some pictures on the HKS site.

The fork is held on with bicycle bearings threw a flat plate bolted top and bottom to the keel and bent 15 degrees.

The flat plate is 3/8 by 2 by 8.

Carl

[Mike Schallmann]

Here is the URL to Grove Aircraft::

http://www.groveaircraft.com/landing_gear.html

[carlschneider]

My horizontal is 18" by 68"
the virtical is 12" by 67"
the rudder is 13" by 56"

This may be to much for a smaller machine. The vertical and rudder needs to be balanced. The horizontal should be as wide as the prop. Just my opinon.

on take off, as soon as the nose wheel comes off the ground I can let go of the stick. It will take off and climb at 60 mph---reduce power and it will cruse at 60 mph---bring back to idle it will come down at 70 mph. All with out touching the stick

Next I"m going to try to land with out touching the stick. A gyro set up right is very easy to fly.


Carl

[RICK MARTIN]

Very cool Carl. I'm very interested in how the HKS works out for you in the long run. I sure admire you rmachine.