Originally Posted by PeteSchug

Looks great and flies great!

Both this and the Al Foot version look like they are in a constant harrier which could be improved by tilting the rotor mast a bit while retaining the rotor to prop relation as much as possible.

Are you going to post plans?

Pete

Thanks guys. Yes I plan on posting plans, but I want to ask Al first as I'm using his basic rotor geometry.

If I had more space I think you could get to a more normal flight attitude. I'm already running a more aft raked rotor than the mini-monotwirl. But it's still pretty early in the tuning of this little guy. I think this is going to be a really fun plane.

-Adam

Sweet..

Originally Posted by MIT KID

Thanks guys. Yes I plan on posting plans, but I want to ask Al first as I'm using his basic rotor geometry.

If I had more space I think you could get to a more normal flight attitude. I'm already running a more aft raked rotor than the mini-monotwirl. But it's still pretty early in the tuning of this little guy. I think this is going to be a really fun plane.

-Adam

Looking forward to seeing how this progresses. No autogyros in my club and very few heli's or quads so this would be a great thing to bring to a meeting.

Pete

I like it, MIT Kid.

The only RC autogyros that I built used rotors also inspired by Al Foot and were almost the same size but had Air Hogs Aero Ace differential thrust from two 6-mm motors, a 130-mAh LiPo cell, and a rather primitive RC system. Maybe you will inspire me to do something better.

Fred Rash

Modded some of the drawings, I'll cut a new fuse tomorrow and get some paint on it. Plans should be up by the end of the weekend.

-A

Drawings have been revised and I got a new airframe framed up. I'll test it out tomorrow, and post the plans soon after

-Adam

Larger fin/rudder made all the difference. Flies much smoother now. Plans are attached, thanks to Al Foot for the rotor head design.

A64 Apache Autogyro Version 2 (1 min 14 sec)

Plans are on 12x24 sheets and include a 1 inch scale. Please let me know if you need them on a different paper size.

-Adam

This is great adam; thanks very much!

Hey MIT KID where is your micro Fokker thread? Would like to build that baby as i have a spare ar6400 brick.

Originally Posted by Nooflyer

Hey MIT KID where is your micro Fokker thread? Would like to build that baby as i have a spare ar6400 brick.

Here's the very short build thread: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...7#post22427420

I added the plans to the first post

-Adam

I need a bigger apartment!

Copied the plans but I really don't know if I'll get to it anytime soon.

Looks fantastic in flight.

Pete

Awesome work Adam. That is really sweet! I have the guts for a UMX Extra, I may have to build one!

Originally Posted by MIT KID

Larger fin/rudder made all the difference. Flies much smoother now. Plans are attached, thanks to Al Foot for the rotor head design.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWDYv...ature=youtu.be

Plans are on 12x24 sheets and include a 1 inch scale. Please let me know if you need them on a different paper size.

-Adam

11 by 17 would be great Adam.

How did you get the rotor spinning? Did I see you sweep it from upside down up and around to the right and then toss it?

Originally Posted by Petefoss

11 by 17 would be great Adam.

How did you get the rotor spinning? Did I see you sweep it from upside down up and around to the right and then toss it?

Yeah, I typically sweep it back and forth a few times to get it twirling, but I've also had pretty good luck with just giving it a long overhand toss. Starting from inverted and sweeping trough vertical. The rotor is so light it gets going right away.

I'll reprint on 11x17.

-A

That is freaking cool, nice work Adam!

-Pat