Off to Colorado

[Tina]

Dave and I will be leaving Friday night and driving to Colorado to pick up the Bensen gyro he bought on e-bay.

You all can see Dave and I become very close and we both are very happy and it is due to this forum. We meet each other on here, something about gyros that started the spark....lol

Well, I will take lots of photos and this time put it on the forum so you all can see them

 

[Brent Drake]

congradulation, I wish you both the best

 

[Rick Whittridge]

Good luck on your trip & congrats on new relations. While in Denver you should stop at Mt. Evans on your way in, 14,000 ft is quiet a rush(thin air) on city slickers. Don`t try to tow the gyro up the Mt, the road is narrow & scarry!

 

[Heron]

Dave you bastard!
lucky one I guess!
Isn't this Forum great?
thanks
Heron

 

[Tina]

Hi All,
Dave and I just got back tonight. It was a long trip 2,400 miles total, But it was worth it because Dave has a nice new Gyro to play with. I will post pictures sometime tomorrow.

 

[Timchick]

Yes, please post some photos. When do you go for training? It sounds like you'll have a wingman when you get in the air.

 

[dabkb2]

wow

wow

What a trip!!! Snow SUCKS!!!! the windshield washer fluid froze and I could not see for about 30 miles, maybe more. We went south to avoid the storm on the way back, about 200 miles further but I think it was worth it. I heard they got 4 foot of snow the next day when we would have been going through it. I'm a city dude and I'll say it again snow SUCKS!!!!

The gyro is awesome, pretty much all new. The motor and was built by Ken Brock. The gyro is all KB-2 and in immaculate condition. It has a tail wheel brake that I have not seen. I need advice on that. It looks like a good idea maybe but not sure.Tina will post some pics on that.

More to come later. We just drove 780 miles today. I was very lucky to have Tina with me. She drove about 300 miles, she is great!!!

 

[Tina]

Yes, please post some photos. When do you go for training? It sounds like you'll have a wingman when you get in the air.

Hi Tim,

Yes I told Dave he has to be MY wing man but he said no I will have to be His wing man. I told Dave that just is not right, the person with the most experience is the wing man and the least experience leads the way. Can someone let him know this is a fact!!!

 

[Timchick]

Look at you two, squabbling already. Dave, what do you mean a tail wheel brake?

 

[dabkb2]

tim

tim

It is a pivoting tailwheel assumable, so when it is sitting on the tailwheel an arm comes down with a pad and the pad acts like a brake. I am not sure if this makes sense but maybe the pics will help. Tina will have them on the forum tomorrow.

 

[Rick Whittridge]

Glad you made it back OK, did you go up the Moutain?

 

[dabkb2]

rick

rick

I had ice on the windshield at 11,000 ft and I could not see. I did not want to climb any higher. So we did not go up that road. Have you ever seen a tailwheel brake before?

 

[JByrd]

Talk about a Rocky Mountain high.

Driving is tough enough. Flying those conditions is impossible.

Jim B.

 

[Tina]

trip pics

trip pics

Here is some pics of the gryo and trip we took to Colorado

 

[Doug Riley]

Gift wrapped and everything.

Remember that, while a KB-2 is more or less CLT, it does not have a functioning horizontal stabilizer. This makes it prone to PIO or porpoising. Be sure you're trained in PIO avoidance, recognition and recovery before strapping on a stock KB-2. That, or add a real HS back at the rudder and up in the prop blast.

 

[dabkb2]

doug

doug

I was trained by Charlie Mara in his air commandm whithout clt upgrade. I had to learn about porposing fairly kwickly. When I fly my first KB2 it tryed to porpos but I recognized it and stoped it.

 

[Aussie_Paul]

I was trained by Charlie Mara in his air commandm whithout clt upgrade. I had to learn about porposing fairly kwickly. When I fly my first KB2 it tryed to porpos but I recognized it and stoped it. Sorry about the spelling but I'm in a hurry

That has been a common result training in non stable gyros, and some did not live to enjoy their gyro flying!!! So many, including myself, people did not have the required info not that many years ago. We just taught people to fly their unicycle of the air and hoped for the best during their first few solos wihout supervision.

With the knowledge that we have now, I believe that responsible instructors should be training ln stable trainers, and only solo people into a stable machine.

I now refuse to train people who will not follow my advice. Fortunately I have only has one that I was not able to convince with the facts. The Raf stab on and stab off flights were a great educator.

There are so many people that have seen the stability light, who want to be trained, so I train them. They learn in approx half the time and I don't lose sleep any more.

Aussie Paul.

 

[dabkb2]

Paul

Paul

I'm not trying to change your mind, but I think it was good for me to learn in a non clt gyro becaue if I can fly in a non clt gyro I should be able to fly most gyros, and it taught me what to do if things start to ack differntly. I could be wrong but that is the way that I see things