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Thanks mate, this 914 has a non standard turbo but not for more power but to remove the factory TCU in the process I have a few more...

After receiving some advice from fello forum members regarding using round tube mast's, I promised to report back here with my findings...

I'm on the way with myRV/toyhauler rig -(Tonight camped in Paris TX ...1/3 of the way down today!)----- with my white (For-sale) TAG...

I love it when the yaw string points up in a sink. Try that with a bubble.

The total mass of the current rotor of Michel is 40 kilograms, each composite blade weighs 10 kgs this gives for the blade holder...

More detailed info on Cierva's 'autodynamic' rotor head here...

Jumps without tip weights or variable pitch prop. Amazing!

I'm impressed. What some people don't understand is that Michel's machine is a true jump gyroplane. Dick's aircraft is a Gyrodyne which...

Michel's latest test... Looking more and more controled. (Immediate landing is voluntary.)

The classical book; “Aerodynamics of the Helicopter” by Gessow and Myers beats the internet any day. Low disc loading along with low...

Michel's goal is not a vertical jump, but an immediate oblique ascent. The operating principle of his system is a "simple" centrifugal...

. Carter accomplished their goals of using a slowed rotor to decrease drag and fixed wings to provided lift at high speeds. Another...

I wonder how much tip weight is added to the rotor for inertia?

Brilliant piece of work.

Vance wrote “I don’t know enough about rotor aerodynamics to debate Jean Claude.” Neither do I and in my opinion I could count on one...