GyrOZprey
Aussie in Kansas.
- Joined
- Aug 8, 2011
- Messages
- 3,388
- Location
- Whitewater KS
- Aircraft
- Butterfly Aurora N5560Z / Titanium Explorer N456TE & N488TE/ - trained in MTOsport 446QT/488FB
- Total Flight Time
- 1023
This week things have been hopping at TAGNA HQ .... Mark Airey’s hangar @ Propwash 16X Justin TX.
Monday afternoon we met Neil Sheather off the plane at DFW. Work on preparing 8 rotors began quickly , despite the delightful distractions of our 2 night visitor Norman Surplus & GYROX ... on their way to Oshkosh ... diverting a little west through TX-OK-KS ...dodging the remains of TS Barry ...& also our friends from AZ bringing their rotors in and inspecting a local Calidus for sale!
On Last Friday I had dashed up to junction city Freeman field to collect rotors off N234 TE .... next day loaded my own two sets & the newly flown off 488TE ...as the test- bed / flight balancing machine! I was sure glad I had got the roof rotor box made plenty large enough to take two complete rotors comfortably! Sunday trip down to Justin! Was excitedly watching Norman’s tracker closing in from Taylor TX!
On Monday our local gyro journalist Ira McComic came over and enjoyed several hours doing an in depth interview with Norman for an up coming publication! Between those of us assembled on Monday we were able to arrange night stop hosts for Norman for Tuesday & Wednesday nights en route to the Lansing gyro club destination
Progress continues steadily on the engineer approved highly researched & tested process to modify the tips of the ASRA grounded group of TAG rotors .... to give all users total confidence that no rods will ever depart a rotor!
Comprehensive testing in Australia by independent composite engineer ..... showed the rods were very securely bound into all the new & used ( 1000 hour) available rotors tested! ... could not draw or punch the rods out with forces up to 4.5 Tonnes - 3 times max in flight forces on rotors!
The engineer designed & approved the “ belt & suspenders “ mod took a couple of months to be designed, tested & tooled for field service by Neil!
Pictures of the activity is posted on the PRA Facebook site as my phone photos are too big to upload here!
Monday afternoon we met Neil Sheather off the plane at DFW. Work on preparing 8 rotors began quickly , despite the delightful distractions of our 2 night visitor Norman Surplus & GYROX ... on their way to Oshkosh ... diverting a little west through TX-OK-KS ...dodging the remains of TS Barry ...& also our friends from AZ bringing their rotors in and inspecting a local Calidus for sale!
On Last Friday I had dashed up to junction city Freeman field to collect rotors off N234 TE .... next day loaded my own two sets & the newly flown off 488TE ...as the test- bed / flight balancing machine! I was sure glad I had got the roof rotor box made plenty large enough to take two complete rotors comfortably! Sunday trip down to Justin! Was excitedly watching Norman’s tracker closing in from Taylor TX!
On Monday our local gyro journalist Ira McComic came over and enjoyed several hours doing an in depth interview with Norman for an up coming publication! Between those of us assembled on Monday we were able to arrange night stop hosts for Norman for Tuesday & Wednesday nights en route to the Lansing gyro club destination
Progress continues steadily on the engineer approved highly researched & tested process to modify the tips of the ASRA grounded group of TAG rotors .... to give all users total confidence that no rods will ever depart a rotor!
Comprehensive testing in Australia by independent composite engineer ..... showed the rods were very securely bound into all the new & used ( 1000 hour) available rotors tested! ... could not draw or punch the rods out with forces up to 4.5 Tonnes - 3 times max in flight forces on rotors!
The engineer designed & approved the “ belt & suspenders “ mod took a couple of months to be designed, tested & tooled for field service by Neil!
Pictures of the activity is posted on the PRA Facebook site as my phone photos are too big to upload here!