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Posted by George on August 18, 2007, 5:23 pm
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TV in Spain presented a film showing a Cierva gyro performing jump takeoffs
and vertical landings in 1937!!! Despite of it, no helicopter must be
nervous. Due to the marginal cruisng performances, the rotorcrafts are used
for jobs mostly in hoverig and there is no chance for gyros.
George
www.diskrotor.com
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> At Oshkosh this year I watched Rusty Nance (Current Pres PRA) flying the
> little Carter gyrocopter perform a jump takeoff that went from ground to
> around 100' in the air and then just flew away. Jay Carter showed me a
> video where the ship jumped straight into the air and came straight back
> down to the same spot. Yeah I know...The ship was useable after the
> landing. This little ship is making my helicopter nervous.
> --
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> little Carter gyrocopter perform a jump takeoff that went from ground to
> around 100' in the air and then just flew away. Jay Carter showed me a
> video where the ship jumped straight into the air and came straight back
> down to the same spot. Yeah I know...The ship was useable after the
> landing. This little ship is making my helicopter nervous.
> --
> Stuart & Kathryn Fields, Publishers
> Experimental Helo magazine
> P. O. Box 1585
> Inyokern, CA 93527
> (760) 377-4478 ph
> (760) 408-9747 publication cell
> (760) 608-1299 technical cell
> www.experimentalhelo.com
> www.vkss.com
> eh@iwvisp.com
> sfkf@iwvisp.com
>