CLS447
Platinum Member
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2003
- Messages
- 6,324
- Location
- Reading, PA
- Aircraft
- Air Command 503 & Air Command SxS /EJ2.5
- Total Flight Time
- Aprox 400 gyro
I am just curious...
On your gyrocopter , What is the takeoff angle of your hub bar ??
Takeoff angle = The angle of your hub bar when the nosewheel is on the ground & the stick is at full back.
Like when you start your takeoff roll before the machine tips back on the tail wheel.
As a side observation......Without the blades spinning, do your blades touch the ground at this point ?
While you are checking that......what is the angle of the hub bar when it is tipped back on the tail wheel ??
Again as a side observation....Without the blades spinning, do your blades touch the ground at this point ?
I can tell you right now that my 2 place, when back on the tail wheel & stick back & blades at full back the hub bar angle is at 31 degrees back .
I will check how much less when the nosewheel is down.
Is this figure interesting to anyone else here ??? & why ???
On your gyrocopter , What is the takeoff angle of your hub bar ??
Takeoff angle = The angle of your hub bar when the nosewheel is on the ground & the stick is at full back.
Like when you start your takeoff roll before the machine tips back on the tail wheel.
As a side observation......Without the blades spinning, do your blades touch the ground at this point ?
While you are checking that......what is the angle of the hub bar when it is tipped back on the tail wheel ??
Again as a side observation....Without the blades spinning, do your blades touch the ground at this point ?
I can tell you right now that my 2 place, when back on the tail wheel & stick back & blades at full back the hub bar angle is at 31 degrees back .
I will check how much less when the nosewheel is down.
Is this figure interesting to anyone else here ??? & why ???