jchurchman
Member
- Joined
- May 7, 2006
- Messages
- 77
- Location
- Lake Charles Louisiana
- Aircraft
- Ultrawhite/Dominator , Cessna 150G
- Total Flight Time
- 100 + hours on gyro and 250+ hours fixed wing
ditto
ditto
When i fly out of controlled airspace and use the term gyroplane, i get the same thing. They refer to my dominator as a gyrocopter. I try to use the word gyroplane , but in reply i get confusion from the tower. It is difficult for me to use the the term gyroplane since i grew up around my father flying his Bensen gyrocopter. I compromised with the tower and myself and started referring to myself as Gyro 968JC.
ditto
When i fly out of controlled airspace and use the term gyroplane, i get the same thing. They refer to my dominator as a gyrocopter. I try to use the word gyroplane , but in reply i get confusion from the tower. It is difficult for me to use the the term gyroplane since i grew up around my father flying his Bensen gyrocopter. I compromised with the tower and myself and started referring to myself as Gyro 968JC.
I usually announce I'm experimental gyrocopter just because when I use the term gyroplane I frequently get "what's that" back on frequency.
I figure using the term copter lets them know to be looking for something with rotor blades that moves relatively slow, is pretty small, and not in the normal pattern.
I fly from a non-towered field where things are somewhat casual and usually not real busy.
I've never really heard to much flak against gyros where I fly, though there has been at least one fatal accident and one renegade who would try to herd the neighbors horses with his gyro.