Gyrobee III

JH Gyro Video
Aug. 07

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Gyro
• Gyroplane
• Gyrocopter
• Aircraft
• Rotorcraft

[richiewrench]

Love the gyro. I've wanted one forever. Wife is holding me on ground. Question: Does flying these gyros void life insurance? Have you had any scares yet? I'm sure you received flight instrustion. I'm in Nebraska and haven't found any instructors close. Enjoy you're flying.

[joepilot1010]

It's hard to keep the speeches short...

Life insurance: I got my policy when I was flying, SCUBA Diving, Rock Climbing & Sky Diving, so everything is covered. But I was told that if I requested additional insurance, I would probably pay a high premium or be denied completely.

Flying: I have an ATP (Airline Transport Pilot Rating with Multi-Engine & Instrument) I've been flying since 1982

As I said previously, Gyros are fun, but not very practical. High drag requires high power settings.

[joepilot1010]

Gyros are useles; but Fun!

Without going into a long speech; the best description of how a gyroplane works is this Youtube video:"Introduction to Gyroplanes (Gyrocopters) by Dan Donley"

You are correct, in that "ultralight" does not require a license although I doubt that a non-pilot without any gyro training would survive the experience.

StarBee Gyros has several kit options. I bought the pre-drilled kit. I would expect to get around $12,000 total in a kit, engine, fittings, prop, & rotor.

[paullubliner]

What's going on with the PRA website? Is there any active forum? I have questions regarding makes and models. If drag is an issue, has anyone used streamline tubing to good effect? Carbon/fiber epoxy tubing for increased strength and weight reduction? I'd like to glue the thing together with correctly applied and cured epoxy and carbon fiber wrappings, so no hole drilling through tubes reducing structural integrity. Delamination under these load factors would not be an issue. Thoughts?

[twistedhickey]

I am really thinking of building one of these. First I am a certified machinist so the construction and fabrication is not a problem.

I have had rotary wing flight training in the Army... about 3 yrs, 500hrs plus flight time.

200 hrs hands on with auto rotation , run on landings and VMC approach.

Do you thing I could pull it off?

[twistedhickey]

I am really thinking of building one of these. First I am a certified machinist so the construction and fabrication is not a problem.

I have had rotary wing flight training in the Army... about 3 yrs, 500hrs plus flight time.

200 hrs hands on with auto rotation , run on landings and vmc approach.

Do you thing I could pull it off?

[hhoResearcher]

How can I bye one of this amazing Gyrobees? I realy want one! This is so cool! Please folks, send me some information about the producer of this amazing product.

Thanks!

[MrjackieG]

I think they would work great for photography.

What are the vibration levels like?

Can you remove your hands from the controls safely to take pictures?

What type of problems might occur?

[verdemanthe1]

@barrettyman Ive logged thousands of hours on all types of flight simulators,your right though,if i crash I will probably die,

[barrettyman]

@verdemanthe1 you will probably die, seriously get lessons

[ribeiro34]

I love gyros, they are fun and very safe, they fly very well in windy days, whem most of the other microlights can not fly. The only problem for me is that gyros are to expensive and consume a lot of gas, copared to the cheap trike microlightes. I have one trike and it is very cheap to rum...