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The slope of terrain is very difficult to judge at height. A rule of thumb is that slope appears to be about half of what it really is. This is important when choosing a place to land.

Distorted horizontal reference when flying below the ridge line of surrounding terrain. Flying close to terrain against fall line that is rising. Similar to flying into a box canyon in a fixed wing. While the gyro can complete a u turn in a short radius it doesn’t have the ability to convert...

Twin rudders on a larger horizontal stab would have helped

Thank’s Jake. Just thought I’d ask the question 3 different ways

I’m about to make the cheek plates for a RFD slider head. What is the preferred gap between the pitch yoke and the slider pin receivers? What is the distance between centres of the upper cheek plate holes? And finally, should the slider springs be pretensioned or set up slack?

Could the high power and thrust to weight ratio have something to do with it?

Wonder what “legacy financial issues” they are referring to.

Expensive, hard to get fuel that is consumed at a prodigious rate. I’d love to try one.

You don't have to fly to understand the theory of flight. A monkey can learn to fly but will have difficulty calculating the take off roll of a gyro.

Picture is priceless.

Old VW 6volt starters ran fine on 12V

Never used it but worth a test https://www.fishersci.com/shop/products/3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane-97-acros-organics-4/AC216540050

This is available in smaller (expensive) quantities https://www.skygeek.com/ac-tech-ac130-2-50ml-ac-130-surface-treatment-2-part-kit-50-ml.html

Organo-silanes are often used as "sizing" to coat fabrics used in laminates to aid bonding.

Whatever the OP's achievements, they are negated by the very abusive post.

What effect would going from a 7" chord rotor to 8" have? I've found a set of older Xenon extruded blades similar to older MTO blades that I'm thinking of shortening. Each blade weighs 26 lbs. Xenon gyroplane rotor 28' , Mosquito helicopter rotor 20'.

Meticulous build

Would you care to reveal the price?

I'm considering using cut down run out Hughes 269 blades on a Mosquito type build. What's the best place to look? Anyone got any for sale? Is it even worth considering?

Bamboo has nodes so the fibers are not all continuous. It may have been used for millenia, but it's not optimal.