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- Oct 30, 2003
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- Santa Maria, California
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- Givens Predator
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- 2600+ in rotorcraft
I read in many threads on the Rotary Wing Forum that negative Gs should be avoided in a gyroplane.
It is my understanding that Gs (gravity) is about acceleration.
I find it easy to see how a fixed wing can achieve negative Gs because its wing will work in either direction and the aircraft can be accelerated down ward. I have been in a fixed wing in turbulence and had to tighten my seat belt to keep from hitting the roof with my head.
It is hard for me to understand how a gyroplane can accelerate downward faster than gravity (thirty two feet per second per second).
I had a G meter on both The Predator and Puff and I was not able to get much below .6 Gs or much above two Gs even in what I felt were very aggressive maneuvers in either aircraft. The results were surprisingly (to me) similar for such different gyroplanes.
I would like to understand what sequence of control inputs would cause a gyroplane to fly to negative Gs.
I agree that negative Gs should be avoided and it would help me to understand what to avoid.
It is my understanding that Gs (gravity) is about acceleration.
I find it easy to see how a fixed wing can achieve negative Gs because its wing will work in either direction and the aircraft can be accelerated down ward. I have been in a fixed wing in turbulence and had to tighten my seat belt to keep from hitting the roof with my head.
It is hard for me to understand how a gyroplane can accelerate downward faster than gravity (thirty two feet per second per second).
I had a G meter on both The Predator and Puff and I was not able to get much below .6 Gs or much above two Gs even in what I felt were very aggressive maneuvers in either aircraft. The results were surprisingly (to me) similar for such different gyroplanes.
I would like to understand what sequence of control inputs would cause a gyroplane to fly to negative Gs.
I agree that negative Gs should be avoided and it would help me to understand what to avoid.