My friend, Bob found a guy who carves a lot of different things out of wood. He asked him if he could make a gyro and sent him some photos of his gyro. Here's what the guy came up with.
I didn't buy this one. Bob did. I have one of Dave's models and I like it better than the one Bob bought. The guy quoted Bob a price (about twice the price of Dave's models) but after making it he said he'd have to charge more.
Thanks, Bob. OK. Now you guys can contact him and see how much a personalized model of your gyro will be. Bob sent him some photos of his Sport Copter so I'm sure he could do different makes/models if asked.
I must have spent a year working on it, and about 2 months building an X-Y-Z table so I could mill the parts I could machine on the mini lathe. It was nice having a print that was almost to scale.
Here is the link again. Yeah, I know, some parts are missing. Ha! I don't know why I didn't at least make the bracket for the top of the seat tank.
I appreciate the compliment. Right now, I'm a model seller. Ha! I hate to get rid of it, but I need the money. I started out making fixtures for 10. I actually have several parts that I made. The plan was to build 10, and find out how fast I could make it, cost ect., and sell kits. Then when I sat down and figured how much the screws cost, almost .50 cents a piece, and 231 screws, nuts, washers, I had to rethink my plan. I even made a hand brake to fold the rotor blades. The fixtures I have, are pretty amazing too. Having seen how the large fixture was used to make the keel, mast, and axles for drilling the holes, I decided to make a small version of it. That's the only way to hold such close tolerances, especially if you don't have an accurate mill. KBM was a master of fixtures.