Big T

Bit of FPV footage of the Streatly Fly In, it was a bit bumpy as you will see.

Posted by Steve Jones 2 on 18/05/2014 11:39:02: What a fantastic day, site, models and best of all the company!! Where an earth did 10 hours go during the day. Thank you to Tim, Malcolm and the club for making us so welcome. Really enjoyed the flying, need to work on not take 3 times as long to take off as everyone else .....it's back to plan A on the Whippit, and sorry for the late buzz of the pits without permission.....at least you all can see the quality of the u/c mount ... Oops. Bring on Winterton and the Pimms tent will be there !!!!!! Steve Steve dont worry about the low pass. I did it at Old Warden and Winterton. Its a beginners thing!

A Big THANK YOU to all you Gyro Nuts that attended the 1st CMFC Gyro Fly In. Thanks also to my Wing Man Marc H for helping to set up and run the day. Glorious weather and lots of models, pics to follow in due course.

Will this be there?

Mid Bedfordshire Autogyro Fly In at the Chiltern Model Flying Club Saturday 17th May 2014 A quick FPV video of the site to wet your appetites for the 17th. Directions and location will be emailed next week

Steve don't forget to bring a spare set of tail feathers! How do I know you may need them? Cos I broke mine getting it out of the van!

Nice Steve, looking good for a maiden on the 17th?

Posted by Michael Eyre on 27/04/2014 18:44:36: Well, I finally tried a first flight with my Panther. It was rather short and ended quite abruptly! Amazingly the damage was quite minor and easily repaired. Bob at my flying club has posted a video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQjPSxRCOTM&feature=em-upload_owner#action=share I would really appreciate comments and advice on what happened before I try another flight. Thanks, Michael   Hi Michael, firstly well done for a nice looking Panther and for giving the Maiden a go on your own. I am sure others will chip in soon enough but here is my 2 penny worth.   1) The best plan by far, (and the hardest to learn for the experienced fixed winger), for any Gyro maiden is to "hop". This process is to get the blades up to speed by taxiing into wind slowly until the model gets light on the wheels. Let the elevator off and then increase the power gently to get the wheels off the ground. Then immediately to back off the power so as not to climb out, then back off the power even more to reduce the lift and then land. During the airborne part you are trying to access what control inputs you are making to keep the model straight and level. Then make trim changes, cg changes and try another hop. All the Panthers I have flown that are "correct" will take off almost hands free,depending on the wind speed. A sequence of hops will get the trimming almost right. 2) All anti clockwise rotating Gyros are difficult to fly in a right hand turn. The Panther is fairly docile but still better in left turns. Until you have a bit of stick time try to keep to left hand circuits. 3) From the video I think you got into a right hand turn disorientation situation, instinctively pulled up elevator, rolled and then on getting level pushed the nose down which killed the lift instantly, resulting in a falling out the sky stall. Sorry to say "bin there done that". My advice is keep turning left, keep it close, slow it down. 4) When turning downwind keep more power on than you think you need, get ready for cross controls (left rudder, right roll), get the power off when its straight and level heading back to you. When you are around a few Gyronuts you begin to realise just how much the throttle is used when flying a model Gyro. I dont know your location but I am hosting a Gyro flyin at our club in Bedfordshire on the 17th of May. Why not come along? Regards Tim A Edited By Big T on 27/04/2014 19:17:24

Mid Bedfordshire Autogyro Fly In at the Chiltern Model Flying Club Saturday 17th May 2014 CMFC is a private flying site with good access to the M1 and A1. A minimum of BMFA A cert and Insurance is mandatory and will need to shown on the day. Pilots and crew will need to have their name on the attendance list to gain entrance to the secure site. The club has a strict 85 db noise limit which should not present a problem to most of the gyros around. Flying will be from 10:00 hrs to dusk with a pilots briefing at 09:30hrs. We have had a great response and still have room for more pilots and spectators are very welcome.  Contact by E Mail to [email protected]     Edited By Big T on 24/04/2014 18:28:15