gyro vs r22 for mustering

jeffwill

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Hey,
Sorry if this is elsewhere but could not find.

Would an experienced hand who experienced an engine failure while mustering
rather it be in an R22 or a gyro?

Kind of an H-V curve question maybe.

Regards,
j
 
Giving the low inertia rotor on the R22, an engine out at low altitude requires really quick reaction. I'd rather be in a gyro. Both have a high probability of significant aircraft damage, but things happen much more slowly in a gyro (usually).
 
If you know your machine, and its properly built for high rate low level, there is no shaded area ina gyro. At worst, you may bend a gear strut.
Not so forgiven them light bladed Robbies.
 
You flooded out Birdy ? Been some really good rains up your way & been wondering how you were faring .
 
Droughted out ere in PNG, first 48 hours without rain since xmas.
 
first 48 hours without rain since xmas
Over here we've heard that the last years have been pretty dry in Australia. Does that mean this year might be different or is it rather a short lived phenomenon without much influence by and large?

PS: "Singing in the Rain" is on tour in Australia:
http://www.tegdainty.com/tour/singin-in-the-rain-aus/

So next time it starts to rain you could cheer people up with a life performance, birdy....;-)
 
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Hey Birdy what does "and its properly built for high rate low level" mean?
 
V V Good suspension?
 
Light, high inertia blades ( tip weighted), reliable power with good power/weight ( 912), efficiant clt, proper, damped suspension..........

And Rick, it just feels like PNG with the rain, 40c and f***n humidity.
Made my first 200 mile dash to town this year, storm chased me in, natha one chased me home.
Im over this f***n rain.
 
Thanks that is what I thought, just wanted to be sure
 
Humidity here has been awful, talking with a mate who had friends down from DARWIN went home cause the humidity here was worse than Darwin. Hard to believe !
Just havent had that rain :(
 
Never happy... the Aussie farmer. :)


Said Hanrahan

P.J. Hartigan ("John O’Brien")



"We’ll all be rooned," said Hanrahan
In accents most forlorn
Outside the church ere Mass began
One frosty Sunday morn.

The congregation stood about,
Coat-collars to the ears,
And talked of stock and crops and drought
As it had done for years.

"It’s lookin’ crook," said Daniel Croke;
"Bedad, it’s cruke, me lad
For never since the banks went broke
Has seasons been so bad."

"It’s dry, all right," said young O’Neil,
With which astute remark
He squatted down upon his heel
And chewed a piece of bark.

And so around the chorus ran
"It’s keepin’ dry, no doubt."
"We’ll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out.

"The crops are done; ye’ll have your work
To save one bag of grain;
From here way out to Back-O’-Bourke
They’re singin’ out for rain.

"They’re singin’ out for rain," he said,
"And all the tanks are dry."
The congregation scratched its head,
And gazed around the sky.

"There won’t be grass, in any case,
Enough to feed an ass;
There’s not a blade on Casey’s place
As I came down to Mass."

"If rain don’t come this month," said Dan,
And cleared his throat to speak –
"We’ll all be rooned," said Hanrahan, "
If rain don’t come this week."

A heavy silence seemed to steal
On all at this remark;
And each man squatted on his heel,
And chewed a piece of bark.

"We want an inch of rain, we do,"
O’Neil observed at last;
But Croke "maintained" we wanted two
To put the danger past.

"If we don’t get three inches, man,
Or four to break this drought,
We’ll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out."

In God’s good time down came the rain;
And all the afternoon
On iron roof and window-pane
It drummed a homely tune.

And through the night it pattered still,
And lightsome, gladsome elves
On dripping spout and window-sill
Kept talking to themselves.

It pelted, pelted all day long,
A-singing at its work,
Till every heart took up the song
Way out to Back-O’-Bourke.

And every creek a banker ran,
And dams filled overtop;
"We’ll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"If this rain doesn’t stop."

And stop it did, in God’s good time:
And spring came in to fold
A mantle o’er the hills sublime
Of green and pink and gold.

And days went by on dancing feet,
With harvest-hopes immense,
And laughing eyes beheld the wheat
Nid-nodding o’er the fence.

And, oh, the smiles on every face,
As happy lad and lass
Through grass knee-deep on Casey’s place
Went riding down to Mass.

While round the church in clothes genteel
Discoursed the men of mark,
And each man squatted on his heel,
And chewed his piece of bark.

"There’ll be bush-fires for sure, me man,
There will, without a doubt;
We’ll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out."
 
One thing youll never hear me bitch about Mark is the heat or no rain.
I live ina desert, its sposed to be hot n dry.

Its the crap that comes with excessive rain that grinds me, like fires.
 
I suppose your fences in the creeks are gone ? I love the rain but despite many years of living here am finding the heat more challenging than usual and I see its possibly going to get real hot this coming week.

BTW, sorry to hijack the thread .
 
had not noticed any hijack - it's all about the mooies

had not noticed any hijack - it's all about the mooies

Hey, it's all keen from where I sit - I just wish I knew the tune for
the Aussie Farmer / Said Hanrahan thing (unless it's Aussie rap...)
j

ps - yeah I've watched those vids often, smartly done, so much to
learn from all that. Still don't know if feral is a brand or just means
lives on it's own in the bush.



Yeah, sorry Jeff

Back on track, still on Birdy theme:
Birdy mustering vids.

https://youtu.be/JZgpjdeVTwA

https://youtu.be/EmFgN1D2D10
 
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