Ebay Air Command

['cycleflyer]

This looks interesting- Any one have a comment onthis old gyro?

[Scary Gary]

What old gyro?

[wdr_601]

Originally Posted by Scary Gary

What old gyro?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Air-C...item3f08e84590

It must be this one.

['cycleflyer]

Yes this is the one. I'm real curious about this one. Is it better than a Benson ?

[BoneyM]

Too late I am bidding on it, that's a great price, and its just over the border from my home town.

[automan1223]

Nice old widowmaker, You could turn the engine right side up, get a quote from Air command to make it a CLT model and you could have one nice flying gyro.

J

[Friendly]

For that price it is better than a Bensen. The modifications to make it eaiser to fly would not run the price up by much and you would have a sweet little gyro. Look at Rotorhead's videos of his aircommand.

[SideKick]

That one looks just like mine did three years ago when I bought it. The only differences were that mine had no guages and brakes on the mains with the same pre-rotator and mine was not a legal ultralight. I think the pre rotatator would have to come off to bring the weight down to legal.

['cycleflyer]

Yeh, it looks like fun . Why the big deal about CLT ? Evere see Garry Goldsberry fly his old Benson ?

[Passin' Thru]

Originally Posted by 'cycleflyer

Yeh, it looks like fun . Why the big deal about CLT ? Evere see Garry Goldsberry fly his old Benson ?

Would you believe his old Bensen is VERY close to CLT?

[gyronutjoe]

I think their was a recall of some kind on the mast having fatigue cracks in the single mast and have to replace it with a double tube mast.

[Timchick]

Originally Posted by 'cycleflyer

Yeh, it looks like fun . Why the big deal about CLT ? Evere see Garry Goldsberry fly his old Benson ?

Gary Goldsberry's Bensen has a direct drive engine with a prop pretty close to 52". The Air commands have a gear box and a larger prop, higher thrustline. You can not compare a low rider air command to a Bensen.

[Gyro28866]

Thanks Tim
For stating that you cannot compare and apple to a peach!

[BoneyM]

Getting back to the topic, is this machine worth the money, I see the price has gone up again, and I am sure at the end of the auction it will be four times that price set now.

['cycleflyer]

Good point on CLT Benson VS AC.
I'm looking to own a SIMPLE gyro that will fit into a garage with 8' high doors. Why not use Mc. eng. with a FOUR blade (smaller Diameter ) prop to achieve even lower thrust ?
AND has any one ever considered a electric motor to attach to gear hub , then leave motor on ground after spool up ?