James1955

I know it's 4 years on but I am about to start building this one, any advice appreciated.

Just finished the blades, a job I wasn't looking forward too, they came out at 56,57, and 58g so the finished blades are all 58g which might be on the heavy side, they are 535 x 60mm. I wonder what the angle on the inboard end of the blade is for, if I didn't have the plan I would cut them at 90 degrees.

Well it's almost there, I have test fitted the head and all is working okay, hang angle comes out at 17 degrees with lipo but without blades, I assume the mast angle is set so that 90 degrees to the head should be correct. I fitted the motor as low as possible so the prop clears the tail boom, and offset about 6mm to the right. Not sure if the wheels might need to be a bit bigger. Anyway just the canopy, wheel spats and blades to finish. I can't see a maiden for some time due to weather in the UK so no rush.

Okay Rich, not sure what is meant by vertical cg, more study required I think!

Decided to have a go at nose wheel steering, I used a separate servo as it makes set up and trimming much easier, downside is extra weight but hopefully enough space to adjust cg with battery. I will now have to make a small cowl to allow access as I know from experience that nose wheel steering can be troublesome. Anyway lots more to do and looking at the weather I have plenty of time. Incidentally I have a frsky receiver with 3 axis stabilizer built in, would it work on an autogyro? Didn't really intend to use it on the revolver but i wonder if anyone has tried it.

Thanks for the info Rich, much appreciated.

I understand that the hang angle should be about 15 degrees and mast angle to tail boom 5 degrees, correct me if I'm wrong but I assume that i would adjust nose weight to achieve the correct hang angle? Do these settings apply to any gyro or are they specific to the revolver?

Thanks for that Richard, I have read each page more than once and will refer to it as I build. My natural instinct with a heli is push the nose down and increase power to go faster, that might spell disaster with a gyro!

I have just started building the revolver, despite 25 years of aero modelling it's my first build from a plan so this forum is a great help. I have been flying fixed wing and helicopters for a lot of years and a few years ago I flew my first autogyro, the HK Auto G, with some success although I don't think my heli experience helped in fact it probably hindered me. Anyway I am hoping all the advice here will give me a good chance with the build and the flying.