25' Skywheels (white). Very Nice w/ one minor scuff.$2750 or trade for 23' Skywheels call Jack 414-303-2957

[Jacko]

25' Skywheels (white) Very Nice w/ only minor scuff on one blade. I am getting ready to CUT these to 23'.
I don't want to. I will sell them for $2750 or trade for a 23' Skywheels! I do not weigh enough for the 25' blades.
They are almost perfect, but they do fly perfectly. Call soon or they will soon become 23'. Jack 414-303-2957

 

[gyroplanes]

I saw them today, good deal on very low time blades.

 

[gyroplanes]

bump. I bumped this because the owner is planning to trim them down to 23' and use them. I hate to see a rare set of 25' rotors go away like this. I bought these new at Jim McCutchen's shop when I visited him. They were never mounted on an aircraft.

 

[Kenneth Doucette]

I've got 2k if you haven't modifed them yet and you can pick some 23's up for that.

 

[gyroplanes]

I've got 2k if you haven't modifed them yet and you can pick some 23's up for that.

There are cut off already. He left the tips open and it sounds like a R22.

 

[okikuma]

There are cut off already. He left the tips open and it sounds like a R22.

Tom,

It would be very interesting to see the inside details of those Skywheel rotor blades. Would you be able to take a photo of the tip?

Wayne

 

[Kenneth Doucette]

There are cut off already. He left the tips open and it sounds like a R22.

Too bad, but one can dream.

 

[Aerofoam]

He should at least foam the opening.....

 

[gyroplanes]

He should at least foam the opening.....

I have never seen anyone fly open rotors before, but he say's they fly great. I get a picture of the innards.

 

[Aerofoam]

I have never seen anyone fly open rotors before, but he say's they fly great. I get a picture of the innards.

He could name it "Baby Huey"

 

[MikeBoyette]

I have never seen anyone fly open rotors before, but he say's they fly great. I get a picture of the innards.

Dad, Davie, and Chuck did it on a set of Hughes Blades and it for sure sounded different. Not sure I would do that with SkyWheels. Their construction being the way it is I would worry about the wind peeling the skins off the spar.

 

[Doug Riley]

Chuck Beaty did some calculations on the power wasted by centrifugal pumping when blade tips were left open. His numbers said the losses were significant. Not all designers agreed.

On a related note, Bensen wood blades had nose weights with a hollow space between the lead weight (ahead of the leading edge) and the blade itself. They made a very weird chirping whistle.

 

[Aerofoam]

Chuck Beaty did some calculations on the power wasted by centrifugal pumping when blade tips were left open. His numbers said the losses were significant. Not all designers agreed.

On a related note, Bensen wood blades had nose weights with a hollow space between the lead weight (ahead of the leading edge) and the blade itself. They made a very weird chirping whistle.

I think both ends of the blade would need to be open for pumping to occur, but the hollow tip should certainly create some odd vortices and noise.
Maybe a harmonic pulse at certain RPMs?