I saw an RAF gyro for sale on Barnstormers by Scott Malone. Perhaps you could get the phone number off the ad and see if Scott still has a builders manual and parts.
The following is MY OPINION:
The amount of people who have been ripped off financially by him is numerous, whether you consider it was by selling blocks of flying lessons, offers to make parts, or completing the kits already paid for. Cash in advance, then try to get him to answer a phone call, email, text, etc.
That is not even considering the guy ripped off from painting his L-39 jet & RAF gyro-leasing payments not made. That jet has been sitting outside in the weather @ the Grants Pass, OR airport for many, many years. The L-39 jet tail # shows it is registered to the Troutdale, OR airport address he uses.
I have heard from numerous individuals of their experiences. I did not seek out their relating their tales of woe, but they mentioned it to me while talking gyros. Most live in California/Arizona (although some are in Washington & Oregon), where/when he was conducting flight lessons in an leased RAF gyro, a leased Rotorway helicopter, & the L-39 jet.
That same address is where one of the RAF owners had to get a court order to have deputies cut the lock off the hangar there in order for him to retrieve his machine locked up inside.
The fraud extends into the trucking world where he has had several businesses under various names for repair and transport-related issues for non-payment for services rendered. Check out the website "Rip Off Report" for further details, searching under his name.
The state of Oregon issued Cease & Desist orders for one of these trucking businesses that was ignored. His business just re-opened in another name to continue the same activity.
EXTREME CAUTION w/ ANY dealings w/ this individual is highly advised!
I cannot in good conscience remain quiet while having knowledge of so many who have lost $$ they entrusted to this man to return to them a product or service he offered.
I have not even mentioned the rumor re: prison time for embezzlement that only relating this to one of his local friends of my hearing this @ one of the El Mirage events. This so-called friend of mine cut off our friendship as a result. I guess that friendship was just as phony as the person mentioned!
Another individual in the flying world related to me the results of a criminal background check done, & the results that came back were not trivial.
The preceding is my own opinion.
