GyroRon
Former Gyro know it all
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- Oct 29, 2003
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- Vans RV4 / Dominator 582 Ultrawhite
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Was looking through the newest issue of Rotorcraft magazine and saw a article on a gyrobee type gyroa fellow named Dan Grochowski made. I took a close look at the pictures of his gyro and finally figured out what he used to make the neat looking pod his instruments are in.....
A tupperware container.
Seriously this looked like a very neat way to mount up a few instruments, especially for a light gyro like a Gyrobee. His container/pod is a square-ish type, with a clear bottom and a blue lid. He has the pod mounted to a round one inch or so in diameter aluminum tube that looks to be welded to a plate which is bolted to the keel between the rudder pedals. Looking at the size of the pod it looks like he has enough room for 4 or 5 instruments, and since it has a clearish bottom, you can kinda see the back of the instruments.
I guess if you glued a piece of lexan or 1/16th aluminum plate to the lid to give the panel a firm surface for the instruments, it would hold up well. And access to the wires is as simple as popping off the lid. Use a big enough container and you could have a mini storage bin for your cellphone, rotorstrap and a spare pint of oil.....
And yes I know David Holmes has the cool mailbox panel, but this is smaller sleeker and maybe free if you can sneek one out of the wifes collection!
A tupperware container.
Seriously this looked like a very neat way to mount up a few instruments, especially for a light gyro like a Gyrobee. His container/pod is a square-ish type, with a clear bottom and a blue lid. He has the pod mounted to a round one inch or so in diameter aluminum tube that looks to be welded to a plate which is bolted to the keel between the rudder pedals. Looking at the size of the pod it looks like he has enough room for 4 or 5 instruments, and since it has a clearish bottom, you can kinda see the back of the instruments.
I guess if you glued a piece of lexan or 1/16th aluminum plate to the lid to give the panel a firm surface for the instruments, it would hold up well. And access to the wires is as simple as popping off the lid. Use a big enough container and you could have a mini storage bin for your cellphone, rotorstrap and a spare pint of oil.....
And yes I know David Holmes has the cool mailbox panel, but this is smaller sleeker and maybe free if you can sneek one out of the wifes collection!