Abid
AR-1 gyro manufacturer
- Joined
- Oct 31, 2011
- Messages
- 6,257
- Location
- Tampa, FL
- Aircraft
- AR-1
- Total Flight Time
- 4000+ 560 gyroplanes. Sport CFI Gyro and Trikes. Pilot Airplane
1st AR-1 Kit built outside Florida factory - Hill Country Gyros Builder's Assist Center (Texas)
Congrats to Russell Croman on finishing his AR-1 kit at Hill Country Gyros Builder's Assist Center in Texas.
Russell needed some guidance but mostly built his gyroplane by himself from what we are told using exploded view diagrams and with a bit of support.
This is of course the first kit built outside Florida factory Builder's Assist system. Russell used our new carbon fiber composite option ($2500) where everything composite is made from carbon fiber except the central vertical stabilizer under which the antenna is hidden. We are now introducing carbon/kevlar option as well ($3000) using 50/50 carbon and kevlar twill cloth
Russell also did his own first test flight as he is already a gyroplane pilot with hours on Magni M16 and a few hours of transition on AR-1
Congrats on airworthiness cert as well as first flight today. Fly safely.
Video
https://www.facebook.com/russell.cro...TI0ODc3NjkxNg/
Congrats to Russell Croman on finishing his AR-1 kit at Hill Country Gyros Builder's Assist Center in Texas.
Russell needed some guidance but mostly built his gyroplane by himself from what we are told using exploded view diagrams and with a bit of support.
This is of course the first kit built outside Florida factory Builder's Assist system. Russell used our new carbon fiber composite option ($2500) where everything composite is made from carbon fiber except the central vertical stabilizer under which the antenna is hidden. We are now introducing carbon/kevlar option as well ($3000) using 50/50 carbon and kevlar twill cloth
Russell also did his own first test flight as he is already a gyroplane pilot with hours on Magni M16 and a few hours of transition on AR-1
Congrats on airworthiness cert as well as first flight today. Fly safely.
Video
https://www.facebook.com/russell.cro...TI0ODc3NjkxNg/
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