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by PTKay
Fri May 30, 2014 11:05 am
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: That game of darts...
Replies: 117
Views: 75152

Re: That game of darts...

Use it lose it ..... http://www.asra.org.au/Control.htm Thanks for the link, John. "You can bring the horse to the water, but you cannot make it drink." You can link and quote as many scientific evidence as you wish, the "flat earth society" will always find their arguments to contradict it. Yes, E...
by PTKay
Sun May 11, 2014 9:50 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: That game of darts...
Replies: 117
Views: 75152

Re: That game of darts...

I am not stepping on anybodies toes but maybe we need to fully understand what ours rotors are doing and what forces are applied to them..... Sometimes Wikipedia can make mistakes too.......:) .... In an independent research Wikipedia has been proven more precise than Encyclopedia Britanica. Multip...
by PTKay
Fri Apr 04, 2014 1:12 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: TINKERBELL SOLO CROSS COUNTRY / BORDER
Replies: 5
Views: 4404

Re: TINKERBELL SOLO CROSS COUNTRY / BORDER

Beautiful pictures.

We keep the fingers crossed!
by PTKay
Thu Feb 13, 2014 5:49 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: Tandem vs Side by Side; Perfect vs Ideal.
Replies: 102
Views: 238239

Re: Tandem vs Side by Side; Perfect vs Ideal.

My preference would be a circuit breaker over an automotive fuse. - A circuit breaker (CB) allows you to quickly and easily isolate a particular circuit - without having to remove gloves, find long-nose pliers and engage in a tug-of-war with a molten glob of plastic.. - So when your newly installed...
by PTKay
Sat Nov 30, 2013 12:30 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: Xenon Gyro
Replies: 677
Views: 205853

Re: ZEN GYRO

mak wrote: Thanks Paul, remember next time we are in Poland to visit the factory you owe us a cross country trip. vhpy vhpy
Hope to see you soon. (^^) (^^)
I am impatiently looking forward to it!!! (^^)

Just remember to bring some SA weather with you. ;)
by PTKay
Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:50 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: Xenon Gyro
Replies: 677
Views: 205853

Trendak Gyro

Very good news.

New ZEN Gyrocopter Agent - Altair
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=22264

Congratulations!

http://www.altairaviation.co.za/
by PTKay
Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:40 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: New ZEN Gyrocopter Agent - Altair
Replies: 18
Views: 21873

Re: New ZEN Gyrocopter Agent - Altair

Congratulations!

Very nice web page!

http://www.altairaviation.co.za/
by PTKay
Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:41 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: That game of darts...
Replies: 117
Views: 75152

Re: That game of darts...

I am still confused...but at least on a much higher level (**) Don't worry. It took me also a substantial amount of time to understand the physics of the gyroplane rotor. The precession force is something so weird, you cannot apprehend it easily. :) All rotorcraft, with their vibration issues, harm...
by PTKay
Mon Nov 25, 2013 12:53 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: That game of darts...
Replies: 117
Views: 75152

Re: That game of darts...

... No wonder why so few post their thoughts as they are so sh.. scared to be bombarded by the fundis. ... I am not a "fundi". There is just one Newtonian physics. This is not a matter of religion, faith and opinions. There cannot be "fundamentalists" and "faint believers" regarding laws of physics...
by PTKay
Mon Nov 25, 2013 12:45 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: That game of darts...
Replies: 117
Views: 75152

Re: That game of darts...

Weight shift????? :lol: Definitely not in this design nor in the Magni. But the RAF ? I am still not convinced..... I still do not understand, how the laws of physics should be different for RAF, than for other gyroplanes. The rotor construction (two blade teetering) and controls are almost the sam...
by PTKay
Sun Nov 24, 2013 2:00 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: That game of darts...
Replies: 117
Views: 75152

Re: That game of darts...

If you still believe that a gyroplane is a "weight shift control aircraft", like trikes, you have shown the enormous scope of your ignorance. PTKay, very unnecessary comment. .... The disc is very much like the wing of a trike and flies by itself. The dead weight of a trike undercarriage + pilot ha...
by PTKay
Thu Nov 21, 2013 2:24 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: That game of darts...
Replies: 117
Views: 75152

Re: That game of darts...

... To start: Do you fly the rotor disk or do you fly the cabin? Considering that the rotor disk is your wing and you manipulate this wing by shifting the weight on a pendulum arm , where do you propose to put the “feathers” you speak of?... I think you have exposed yourself here. If you still beli...
by PTKay
Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:36 am
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: Tandem vs Side by Side; Perfect vs Ideal.
Replies: 102
Views: 238239

Re: Tandem vs Side by Side; Perfect vs Ideal.

Hi, I think, you have forgotten about one more option, combining the advantages of the both standard solutions: - the 3 seater by Aviation Artur Trendak. http://www.autogyro.eu/oferta?lang=en You can order it with just 2 seats, one in the front and one slightly behind, (if regulations do not allow f...
by PTKay
Tue Aug 06, 2013 6:50 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: Xenon Gyro
Replies: 677
Views: 205853

Re: Xenon Gyro

Hallo Mr. Hetcher, that's great news. It's nice to hear that you have decided for the same new control system for the rotor like the new Zen2 by Aviation Artur Trendak. They also have chosen flexible control cables. http://www.rotaryforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=105654&d=1375423000 The...
by PTKay
Sat Jul 13, 2013 1:09 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: Gyro down outside Windhoek
Replies: 4
Views: 4296

Re: Gyro down outside Windhoek

Dave, excellence post. You nailed it. The permanent sales talk about how safe the gyroplanes are to fly, that they do not stall and spin, obscures the fact, that they have other potentially deadly flight issues, like mismanaging the rotor speed, performing 0 or -G manoeuvres etc. Nice to blame on "d...