Designing:
Average
Specifications / Parameters for Model Autogyros , all those angles
and dangles...
Model Autogyro (flight
capability) Calculations , what engine, and how heavy?
Model
Autogyro Flight Prediction Chart , disk load versus flight
capability..
Wind Tunnel Tests of R/C Model
Autogyro Rotor Blades , Conducted by Bill Friedlander and Lester Garber..
The Stab-CG controversy
Highlights from Ralph Taggart`s excellent article
Rotor Blade Tunnel
Tests... A brief summary of the Les Garber/Bill Friedlander
report.
Frequently Asked
Questions
Suggestions for the Beginning
Gyro Modeler
An excellent Delta Hub design
A simpler Delta hub design
Forum
NotesSelected comments by Gyromodelers in the past
years
from computer forums such as Prodigy, Compuserve, and RCOnline.. (
mostly 1993 thru 1996) ATE-3 Autogyro
airfoil Jukka Tervamaki`s excellent full sized rotor craft
blade airfoil
Building: Frequently Asked
Questions
Making
simple, lightweight, and inexpensive wheels.
Suggestions
for the Beginning Gyro Modeler
More Hints & Tips for
building
Step-By-Step assembly of a
relatively simple Autogyro
Balsa Dust and Rotor
Blades.. The making of a simple balsa rotor
blade....
Better yet,
here's an excellent source of pre-cut balsa Rotor
Blades..
Forum
NotesSelected comments by the original GyroNuts many years ago
taken from computer forums such as Prodigy, Compuserve, and RCOnline.. (
mostly 1993 thru 1996) Can you solder music
wire? Phil Harris & Bill Thamm say it can be done easier than we
think...
Flying: Flying a Model
Autogyro , what`s so different about it?
Model Autogyro (flight
capability) Calculations , what engine, and how heavy?
Model
Autogyro Flight Prediction Chart , disk load versus flight
capability..
Frequently Asked
Questions
Suggestions for the Beginning
Gyro Modeler
Forum
Notes.Selected comments by Gyromodelers in the past
years
Rotor Pre-rotation
How not to pre-rotate your rotor !
Test flying the Huff
& Puff pusher
"Flying the Wallis
Autogyro" Comments from one who has "been there, done that"
Miscellaneous:
"Autogyros",
Aerodynamics, history, and development, an essay by Jeff
Lewis
** The above
article is a must for those interested in the how's and why's of full sized
Autogyros.**
Glossary of Model Autogyro
Terms , the GyroNut Dictionary..
Paul Stahlhuth`s
"Virtual Gimbal" A proposal to minimize transfer of rotor disc loads
and vibrations...
Paul Stahlhuth`s unique
Interlocking Teeterbar rotor An unusual approach to a rotor
system...
Spindles and
Gimbals! An excellent article on the "offset gimbal"
Suggestions for the Beginning
Gyro Modeler
Index of
magazine articles by various GyroNuts
Keyence Engager
GS III It`s not a gyro, but this is one neat rotorcraft worth
looking at....
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