My other passion - gyroplanes!

[Rando]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYYAeOp9aG4

www.pra.org (http://www.pra.org)

www.rotaryforum.com (http://www.rotaryforum.com)

[VaughnCat]

:2thumbs: What a kick! I knew a guy who made a (redneck?) gyro using a lawn chair. . . . that never really worked for me, but I'll bet yours would be fun!
Is that a kit that you assembled?

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[ataDude]

Outstanding! :2thumbs:

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[grumpybob]

Pretty cool. I might be talked into trying one of them out!!:yikes::gaah:

[qasamm]

Humm, my Spyder was my tempering of wanting to start a build on a gyro. When I was young my grandfather and I were secretly building an ultralight until my grandfather found out- I would love to do a gyro as a secret project with my son.

[Yazz]

Thanks for the video! Brought back wonderful memories.

I used to fly Ultralights in Australia. Earned a license to fly the Drifter over there. Went to some fly-ins that had gyroplanes in attendance. Very interesting watching them take off.

Nice that you have an open cockpit. They have the best views in town.:2thumbs:

[bjt]

Humm, my Spyder was my tempering of wanting to start a build on a gyro. When I was young my grandfather and I were secretly building an ultralight until my grandfather found out- I would love to do a gyro as a secret project with my son.


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[- Tim -]

Hi Rando,

Gyroplanes are a passion of mine too! Attached is a photo of the Vancraft RotorLightning that I used to own and fly before an inner ear problem left me permanently grounded a few years ago. Vancraft has since been renamed SportCopter and they still operate out of Scapoose, Oregon. Amazing machines these are... you said it well when you posted that they are one of aviation's best kept secrets. If you'd like to talk about them sometime, zap me a note... I still love to talk about the subject.

A bit of aviation wisdom:

- There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are very few old, bold pilots.
- Many pilots have serious skills, but a wise pilot does not put himself in a situation necessary to have to use them.
and
- Better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air, rather than in the air wishing you were on the ground.

I feel that riding on two, three (or four) wheels is alot the same way.

Thanks for re-kindling the memories, fly safe.

Tim