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Thanks Rich, I usually fly with expo on my fixed wing for pitch and roll. But with the auto gyro it seems like you put a stick input in and 5mins later it responds lol.😂 I’m down to a about 20% now but may even take more out and the rudder as well. really enjoying flying it now I’m not so nervous. 😁 Paul

Hi All, Had the Gyroo out last night, Starting to get more comfortable with it now. Had to take allot of expo out of the rotor head as It was a bit sluggish. Its flying well now I've even manged half decent take offs and landings. Paul, 162845728_0721(1)(2).mp4

Hi All, Had my first successful flight with the Gyroo last Saturday! Managed a full flight battery this time and I think I might be getting the hang of it. Landing was perfect as well just almost hovered down. I did have a club member standing next to me trimming it for me a bit while I was flying and giving me some tips. Now it’s trimmed it’s flying great. In all the excitement I forgot to stick the camera on my head so I will have to get some footage next time. Looking forward to it!! Paul,

Thanks Trevor, I was holding the stick forward a bit so I needed to put some down trim on. I was intending to make a quick landing and then trim a bit on the ground and then go up again but nosed over and had a blade strike the tail so that was it for the day. I was ok till it took off then I was bricking it! I’m a bit scared of it at the mo! Paul

Hi Richard, We have success! Bit more wind than I expected up the field and only had short flight. I needed to land and trim as I was holding a bit of down trim. It was coming in lovely but forgot to flair at the end. Seems I was tail heavy by about 70g so that was my problem! Thanks for all your help getting me going its much appreciated. Paul,

Just hung the Gyroo from the rotor head mounting bolt hole and I have 17 degrees nose down with the weight adjustments, heavier battery etc.. does that seem about right? Also have included a picture of the down thrust.

This is what I was reading that made me think mine was tail heavy. As Steve’s battery is 40g heavier than the one I was using and his motor is 50g heavier than mine + the fuselage weight difference. Mine has to be tail heavy. My overall flight weight with the changes is 980g Paul

I have the down thrust exactly as the plan so should be ok. I have a heavier battery still 2200mah but a higher C rating so it’s 190g the other one was about 160g and also added approx 40g nose weight and now seems to balance much better with more nose down attitude. I can upload a pic of that tomorrow if you like. I hope I will get there eventually. I have seen a few others go through this sort of thing with auto gyros. You just have to keep trying till you get it I suppose. Paul,

One good thing is it’s dam strong! It’s taken 2 heavy crashes with hardly any damage. Only really the boom snapped. Had a bit of blade damage as the guy went inverted and the prop impacted the rotor blades. Paul,

Hi Richard, I think I may have found the problem, I’m pretty sure I was tail heavy by quite a bit. Basically my tail and boom weight was the same as Steve Jones as he had posted weight of all his parts. But my main fuse battery I am using and my motor were lighter. I ended up using slightly lighter light ply for the sides that didn’t help matters but it was all I could get at the time. I have standard aerofoils and negative shims under the blades. The head was set as per your instructions in the write up. Paul,

Tried the Gyroo again today, needless to say it’s in two pieces again ☹️ Bit more damage this time. An experienced guy at the club tried it and it did the same thing to him as it did for me. As it ROG it just goes vertical and stands on its tail almost. I have set everything up as the plan so don’t know where I’m going wrong. Any ideas? Paul,

Hi Lesley, I was having the same problem with CG, as there is 3 blades if 2 are positioned at the tail end it throws the balance off when I’m checking. Can’t see why it can’t be done with the rotor head and blades off. Paul,

Hi Richard, Thanks very much for the tips I need all I can get I think. I definitely took off away from myself so not ideal. It all happened quite quickly but as I remember when it lifted off it flew to the right and then into a cross wind which didn’t help. I have made sure I’ve got a couple of degrees of left pre trimmed in now. I’m running an overlander 3530 1100kv motor and I’m using 10x5 APC style prop so smaller than recommended for that motor. When it flew off the way it did I was thinking it must be down to the way I set everything up, Rotor head CG etc.. I don’t think I had the rotor head set up quite correctly so went over everything again last night. Chris Dowell had a good video on settings for movement and rates. I am balanced near the 50mm from the mast so hopefully the CG should be ok. It’s tricky as with three blades if two are sitting over the back more the balance point shifts a bit when trying to check if you see what I mean. Really wanted to give it another try at the weekend but I think there’s some wind coming through which might make it a bit harder for me. There is a guy down the club who has an autogyro and he fly’s allot of helicopters so might get him to give me a hand or even trim out first to give me a fighting chance. Don’t think my nerves will take another flight like the one I had at the weekend! Hopefully I will be able to get some footage when I go with it next so might put some up. Paul,

I think your right it’s a different mind set you need to be in to fly them, almost forgot what you known about flying fixed wing and start fresh, Paul,