Who is behind the gyro and what is that on the gyro?

[barnstorm2]

Who is that famous guy kneeling behind the seat tank?

What is up with that gyro??









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[choppergabor]

Just by the tail number ...Dick Degraw
What's up with it?? It probably flies way too good!

[MikeBoyette]

That is indeed the famous Dick DeGraw. He brought that machine and a two place Dominator both of which are for sale.

[Timchick]

Looks like it has a hydraulic rotor brake.

[CLS447]

Skywheel blades ?

DG meams Dick Degraw ? I thought it would be DD ? Did they sell yet ? Price ?

[barnstorm2]

Originally Posted by choppergabor

Just by the tail number ...Dick Degraw

Well done!



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[Scary Gary]

That's an Oregon plate on the vehicle.

[okikuma]

In retrospect, the dead giveaway is the double faced, red/green, position light assembly on the front of the mast. Where has Dick found those light assemblies with the red/green lenses? I've seen similar double faced turn light signal assemblies (red/amber) on the fenders trucks for many years.

Wayne

[txtexans]

Looks like a Missouri plate to me.

[Arnie Madsen]

Originally Posted by okikuma

In retrospect, the dead giveaway is the double faced, red/green, position light assembly on the front of the mast. Where has Dick found those light assemblies with the red/green lenses? I've seen similar double faced turn light signal assemblies (red/amber) on the fenders trucks for many years.

Wayne

Wayne .... somewhere I saw a video of someone molding lenses (of all kinds) for replacements on classic cars.

I watched with interest and was surprised how easy it looked. He cast a mold of an original , of course , then mixed an acrylic or plastic liquid (same as factory would have used) .... tinted it to the color he wanted and poured.

Low tech , no special ovens or anything , maybe it was on the show "American restorations" or "How it's made" or something.

The red-orange double lights are readily available and cheap in automotive supply ..... all you need is to cast some green lenses and maybe find a small market in aviation.

[aerialvisitor]

Ya'll are blind. That's actually Earnie in the yellow shirt selling RFD to the Chinese :-)

Dave

[Kevin_Richey]

Originally Posted by CLS447

Skywheel blades ? DG meams Dick Degraw ? I thought it would be DD ? Did they sell yet ? Price ?

Chris: The single place was for sale for $7K, which I thought was a pretty good price. But, Dick indicated on the sign that it would not be sold with the "N" number, or it's A/W certificate (if memory serves me correctly) and it would be parts only. All of which made it less-than desirable for someone who wanted to buy and fly.

[Kid]

Originally Posted by Arnie Madsen

The red-orange double lights are readily available and cheap in automotive supply .....

And green and red are available in boat stores