M._Springer
Gold Supporter
With three bladed jump take off gyros,
With three bladed jump take off gyros,
if the engine quits during the jump or it settles back down during the jump the blades can go out of phase and in a matter of seconds the blades will beat the gyro to pieces. I know of one that did just that.
It was an old Air & Space 18 A gyro. The owner had placed a notice in the cockpit forbidding jumping but one day the owner himself jumped it and at about 3 feet AGL it settled back to the runway and tore itself to pieces .
Marion
With three bladed jump take off gyros,
if the engine quits during the jump or it settles back down during the jump the blades can go out of phase and in a matter of seconds the blades will beat the gyro to pieces. I know of one that did just that.
It was an old Air & Space 18 A gyro. The owner had placed a notice in the cockpit forbidding jumping but one day the owner himself jumped it and at about 3 feet AGL it settled back to the runway and tore itself to pieces .
Marion