Gyros And Horizontal Stabilizers In The 1930s
Some observations and possible implications for today COURTESY: ASRA.org The 1930s were the heyday of the gyro plane (then usually called the autogiro). In 1988…
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The Rotor Flight Dynamics Dominator Gyrocopter
ARTICLE DATE: May 2005 Innovative by Design Up front, I’ll admit that the Dominator Gyrocopter from Rotor Flight Dynamics (RFD) is the two-place machine that…
Jukka Tervamaki Design JT-5 Autogyro
JT-5 Autogyro Website MAYBE IT’S THE weather in Finland A country with no coal or oil and long, severe winters. Finland is a nation of…
Cheap insurance against gyrocopter PIO and PPO
“If gyros are supposed to be the safest aircraft in the world, why are there so many gyro crashes?” my non-flying buddy asked. It’s usually…