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Absolutely beautiful day to practice some touch and go's and spot landings. about a 14 knot wind (9 knot crosswind component).
Spot landing practice
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Sv.grainne
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Nice, Greencastle?
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Yes, sir
wolfy
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Looks like you could use some rotor balancing, a fair bit of 1 per rev shake there.
Looks to be out of pattern, try chordwise shift.
wolfy
Looks to be out of pattern, try chordwise shift.
wolfy
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Help me understand that process Wolfy. I've strung and balanced the blades. I did adjust the tracking a couple weeks ago and it cut the shake quite a bit, but I'd love to get it buttery smooth!
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Do you practice idle-power approaches, starting way back on downwind?
Obviously, you have to stay quite close to the runway, so that you can deadstick from any point in the sequence and make it to the runway if your engine quits. It's great practice -- and the experience has saved my bacon more than once!
Obviously, you have to stay quite close to the runway, so that you can deadstick from any point in the sequence and make it to the runway if your engine quits. It's great practice -- and the experience has saved my bacon more than once!
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I do practice that Doug, but the airport can have 4 or 5 planes in the pattern with our LIFT school nearby
I usually practice those when it's a calmer day.
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Cool.
Sometimes, with several planes in the pattern, I find I have to both "drag it in" with power to keep a more airplane-y final approach angle, and also SPEED UP to do the pattern.
A steep, slow, close-in final, as you'd do in a gyro at idle, can freak out fixed-wingers behind you in the pattern -- and expose you to the possibility of being rammed from behind.
Sometimes, with several planes in the pattern, I find I have to both "drag it in" with power to keep a more airplane-y final approach angle, and also SPEED UP to do the pattern.
A steep, slow, close-in final, as you'd do in a gyro at idle, can freak out fixed-wingers behind you in the pattern -- and expose you to the possibility of being rammed from behind.
Are there any airports where gyros can use a low opposite-direction pattern (as helicopters sometimes do)?
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We (gyros) always stay East of the runway (over the field) . The fix wings do left hand patterns for both.
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That's a question that depends on the airport. At our club airport we fly an opposite pattern. Depending on the runway in use to avoid flying over houses.
Our previous airport manager let us use an out of the way taxi way in order to stay out of the fixed wing traffic flow.
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There's an Advisory Circular on this for non-tower airports: 90-66C.
It authorizes gyros to fly lower, closer, same side patterns until on final, but does not endorse opposite side traffic except in limited circumstances.
12.1.3 In the case of a gyroplane approaching to land, the gyroplane pilot operating in the traffic pattern when landing on the runway may fly a pattern similar to the fixed-wing aircraft traffic pattern but at a lower altitude (500 feet above ground level (AGL)) and closer to the runway. This runway pattern may be on the opposite side of the runway from fixed-wing traffic only when airspeed requires it or for practice power-off landings and if local policy permits. Landings not on the runway should avoid the flow of fixed-wing traffic.
It authorizes gyros to fly lower, closer, same side patterns until on final, but does not endorse opposite side traffic except in limited circumstances.
12.1.3 In the case of a gyroplane approaching to land, the gyroplane pilot operating in the traffic pattern when landing on the runway may fly a pattern similar to the fixed-wing aircraft traffic pattern but at a lower altitude (500 feet above ground level (AGL)) and closer to the runway. This runway pattern may be on the opposite side of the runway from fixed-wing traffic only when airspeed requires it or for practice power-off landings and if local policy permits. Landings not on the runway should avoid the flow of fixed-wing traffic.
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wolfy
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Moving the entire rotor sideways along the teeter bolt. To align the rotors chordwise balance with the rotor head center.
Is there any provision on your head to allow this, like shims under the cotton reels?
But first have you tried rotating the rotor 180d in the head.
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I have tried rotating 180 deg, but not since I tracked the blades. I may try that again this weekend; and then adjust shims if needed.
Thx for the input wolfy!
Thx for the input wolfy!
wolfy
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It's at least worth a try it costs nothing 
