Russ

“Just west”……bloody long way west. ”bluewaters”….much closer to town, and operator helpful

Chap central coast Qld, has been running a mercury engine for yrs now in his gyro, goes like the clappers, has an exhaust note that catches your attention, last I heard he has never had issues. gyros have been running soob engines ( several models ) for decades now, EA81 was the beginning, up to EJ25’s, all reliable……ALL heavy Many FW flyers are running the 6cyl soob, there is a dedicated FB group of these guys

Thanks guys….appreciated. It’s avgas periodically when mogas unavailable. Wasn’t sure avgas ok……again thanks

Query……can you SAFELY run a 912uls on avgas…

Still have it. ( cost me $4000 + ).....its gathering dust.

Many of the maxi yachts no longer have mast stays, with the power in those sails, the masts manage it.....amazing

22’s never ever full auto to ground, never. Low inertia blades dont give much room for error, if any. 44’s heavier blades good, but rare to find instructor / company that will allow auto to ground. There must be some around the traps that do auto somewhere. Heard the 206 etc can auto to ground and then lift again and rotate 180........that’s impressive ...

98.4% (-: of incidences are weekend worriers, total hrs per yr less than 50. The musterers log up 100’s +, running out of fuel pops up, blade strike on them pesky trees comes up, the flick and bank rarely comes up.

“Stalling in circuit” ?????????you’ve got me there, ???

Nope, nar, hell no

Ok......power push over.......you’re on a powered nose high climb, and you shove stick forward to commence a descent. The gyro will pendulum at a point at that roll over and the rotors will strike the tail...game over. 1 alternative is.....power off, EASE stick forward, so you gently roll over, over she goes then commence descent in the normal safe way. there are several ways to go from hard climb to immediate descent, but i won’t explain here, it needs to be hands on with suited instructor, don’t want a pilot reading here, and going out to give it a try. loss of control........mechanical failure of some kind, pilot seriously stuffed up and was unable to gain control.....hard question to answer, sorry

Correct.....they conjure up, mostly exaggerated or false

They do, they “cone up”

Who’s “they”.........lots of “stories” get spread out there, some are true, many false, many exaggerated.

@ wara ........i heard asra had abandoned a vital service ( forum etc ) why ???? It’s just crazy logic. Folks lurking / seeking info have lost a great service. The “HF” is another strange logic, new faces onto committees etc can bring crazy ideas sometimes. asra began a strange pathway about 10yrs ago, has resulted in many members being disappointed. Safety has always driven asra, and thats a good thing, instructors are regularly assessed to maintain standards, thats another good thing. The cost of some machines blows me away, almost half the cost of a half decent 44 with good hrs to run.