Canary Islands gyros around Andalucía & Portugal

[Danielin]

Hi pilots!

Recently some gyros from Canary Islands, Spain, have been flying & enjoying over Andalucía & Portugal. Nice landscapes & people. You can see the photos of the trip in the link:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Escuel...25658734124007

Regards

Daniel del Rosario

[Jazzenjohn]

Nice! I also like the Iguazu falls by helicopter down the page. You can scroll in and out and rotate it too!

[okikuma]

Buenos Dias Daniel,

Interesting to view that the red & white ELA that is being refueled appears to have a CAM 100 engine and not a Rotax 912/914. I also notice that the rotor mast is near vertical in position and not swept forward like other ELA and most likely to offset the extra weight of the CAM 100 engine.

Thanks for sharing your photos and the enjoyment you all experienced on your trip.

Wayne

[okikuma]

Buenos Dias Daniel

Well, I had another brain fart. I had forgotten about a previous post under "open two place gyroplanes" a reply from Juan Arco from Madrid, mentioning earlier versions of ELA autogiros that were built with several engine and airframe combination including the CAM 100 engine.

Do you have any more pictures specifically of the red & white ELA Autogiro with the CAM 100 engine?

Wayne

[Danielin]

Hi Okikuma.

It is like you say one of the earlier models with cam125, not cam 100. It´s a D16z6 honda engine, the one on the honda Civic of years 1992-1995, very tough & reliable. The vertical mast it´s, like you say, because the heavier weight of the engine.

I´ll collect some pictures of it & post it

Daniel

[Danielin]

Hi. I send you photos of the ELA with CAM 125 Honda engine, some mods over the original factory gyro, like the cockpit. In the beginning was a three sided windshield, narrower, and the nose fiber was modified to be rounded & support a wider, curved windshield. The LCD instrument panel is a Brauniger model, perfect working in 10 years flying

Regards

Daniel