GWS E-Starter Gyro

[68Strat]

Piece of 1/16 balsa tempered with thin CA with 1/4 inch basswood square strips on each end (ca'd with thick CA) Basswood aeroshaft mount made from 1/8th inch stock drilled with a hole saw.. .281 ths aeroshaft hole is drilled and set in between 6 and 7 degrees negative tilt.. working on head now. will be 3 blade fixed head.

[68Strat]

mast height will be clipped about an inch and 1/4

[GWS4CEO]

Hmmm~~

Someting very nice to be seen! :)

[68Strat]

thanks Mr lin!

all head parts machined on a lathe by a good friend. (Carl Defilippo) A gws bb gearbox would probably work just as well to keep it simple. aeroshaft(carbon) was trimmed a few inches as not to make the gyro top heavy. The blades will fit nicley between the tail.. and will not hit on on violent maneuvers or crashes.

[Lizard]

How are you going to tilt it sideways or is there also going to be a wing?

[68Strat]

r/e/t

[Lizard]

I think it needs something to tilt the rotor sideways - some sort of "aileron function" in other words. Otherwise there might be problems on turning. A small wing with dihedral would help.

[68Strat]

look in my gallery for some videos of a good friends fixed head gyro. Flys great. In our experience Tilt head sometimes takes the ease of flight and the fun out of a gyro.

[Lizard]

Indeed those models seem to fly very well! I am looking forward to see the flight video of your autogyro e-starter. Maybe I have been too conservative about autogyros with fixed heads :)

Does your blades have some flex up and down? Can you give dimensions for your rotor system?

[68Strat]

yep about a 15 degree flex up and down.. blades are 2" wide by 15 3/4" rounded on edges with 2 grams of lead on the tips tempered atachment point with CA to ommit need for dowel support. about a 1/32" cardboard shim under the rear of the blades to aid startup. test flight tonight if there is a break in the rain!

[Fred Sanford]

Interested in your test flights!