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[GyroRon]

Mr Negative checking in....... I hope it doesn't cast too much glare, the shine of the orange might get bothersome if the sun is beating down on it and reflecting it in your eyes, Otherwise it looks pretty cool. Gonna have to nickname your gyro with some kind of pumpkin or halloween theme

 

[scottessex]

We thought about that Ron, but as long as you fly from the back seat, the glare will be in you passengers eyes!

 

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It did blind me after Scott put the swirls in it at first. After the color was applied, the glare was minimized.

Chris, that is a translucient orange powdercoat.

Ron, Scott is right. After discussing the possible glare (if any) as a hendrence to the front seater, we discovered that this would force the front seater to wear eye protection (tinted of course) at all times therefore making SX Ultralight Aviation pioneers in gyro safety.

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[scottessex]

Chris, I used a 2" blue scotchbrite pad in a drill press, and used a straight edge marked with 1 1/2" increments to the left and right, and moved up 1" at a time.
A little time comsuming, but very nice results.

 

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I have a question about my set up that I wish some of the engineers would be so kind to answer, or Ron Herron himself.

Will my three inch high thrustline on my tractor have the same effect as a low thrustline on a pusher?

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[PW_Plack]

John, I'm not an engineer, but I know that answer. A high thrustline on a tractor will try to pull you nose-down, just as it would in a pusher. The huge arm length for the H-stab, compared to a pusher, and the fact that the thrustline offset is only 3 inches to begin with, should make it a non-issue.

It might also be easier to fix on a tractor. If the prop is longitudinally farther from the CG than on a pusher, it would take less tilt on the engine (prop end higher than firewall end) to make the thrustline pass through the vertical CG.

 

[Ga6riel]

ah just wear a welding helmet
that will eeliminate any glare

 

[Brent_Brown]

John Didn't Ron make the motor mount and have your motor doing it. If he saw trouble I would hope he would say so before making the mount. I would have gone with a 74" prop have the CLT. Thay would make getting the wires under the hood easy too. All will be OK I think.

 

[scottessex]

With Screw's big head, the CG will be just fine.

 

[Brent_Brown]

Lol ........

 

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Thanks Scott!

No Brent. Diel makes the rear casing to fit the motor and also the motor mount. Ron made the motor mount fit the frame. He did say that the thrustline souldn't be an issue, but if it was I could change the incedence of the horizontal to compensate or angle the engine.


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[scottessex]

Instrument panel ready!

Instrument panel ready!

Well I put the gauges in the little wing panel, I ran out of #6 nuts! But I think it turned out well.
Ol' Screw may have a nice gyro when it's all done!

 

[Vance]

Hello Scott, The machine turning is beautifull!! How did you do it? I have done it with scotch brite and a mill, but it never looked so nice.

Thank you, Vance

 

[scottessex]

Vance, glad you like it. I used a 2" fine (blue) scotch brite disc in a medium rubber mandrel chucked up in the drill press, and I used a straight edge and then I went S-L-O-W so I wouldn't screw up.
Then John had it powdercoated with a transparent orange.

 

[krew]

I found this website if you havent seen it already its pretty cool

https://bellsouthpwp.net/m/o/moe113097/

 

[Vance]

Thank you Scott, That is some of the nicest work I have seen. You are an artist!

I am not sure how you used the straight edge. Was it like a fence? How did you get the spacing so even?

Thank you, Vance

 

[scottessex]

Yes Vance just like a fence, I mounted a 2ft x2ft piece of plywood to the drill press table, and marked it with marks every 1 1/4" or 1 1/2" or so, just so the overlap looked good. (side to side)
Then the same thing for moving it upwards, just moved and re clamped the straight edge (fence) at the predetermined increments. I had to turn the piece one time and re set it up during the process, because of clearance depth problems. But I just repeated the process. l
It took about an hour or better to do the turning on the panel, but well worth the time, and a classic look.

 

[GyroRon]

Copycats.......

 

[scottessex]

Hey you should be flattered, a good thing is a good thing!

 

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Ron's just ticked cause we finished the job with a little paint.

Looks great Scott!

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