After an epic paperwork battle with the Feds Against Aviation
And some video at
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... type=&aq=f
The aircraft was restored by Jack Tiffany and crew in Dayton, Ohio
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| Author: | Baldeagle [ Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Pitcairn Autogiro flies |
After an epic paperwork battle with the Feds Against Aviation
And some video at http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... type=&aq=f The aircraft was restored by Jack Tiffany and crew in Dayton, Ohio |
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| Author: | visaliaaviation [ Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:01 pm ] |
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Outstanding! |
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| Author: | retroaviation [ Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:29 am ] |
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That is SO cool!!! Gary |
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| Author: | K5DH [ Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:09 pm ] |
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Neato! I've always found autogiros to be interesting machines. Several years ago, I saw a photo of a Piper Cherokee that had been converted to an autogiro (believe it or not!). I dunno if it ever flew, but it looked sorta like it could. Anyone else heard of that one? Cheers! |
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| Author: | Dan K [ Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:59 pm ] |
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For those wondering... http://www.airventure.org/2008/news/080 ... cairn.html |
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| Author: | gilt [ Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:19 pm ] |
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k5dh wrote: Neato! I've always found autogiros to be interesting machines.
Several years ago, I saw a photo of a Piper Cherokee that had been converted to an autogiro (believe it or not!). I dunno if it ever flew, but it looked sorta like it could. Anyone else heard of that one? Cheers! It was sitting derelict at Isla Grande Airport (TJIG, San Juan) 20 years ago. Tom- |
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| Author: | Zachary [ Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:23 am ] |
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Unfortunately: http://www.airventure.org/2008/news/080 ... cairn.html Zack |
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| Author: | Ztex [ Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:04 am ] |
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Dang! I wonder what happened? Beautiful machine! |
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| Author: | Wheels up [ Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:19 pm ] |
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Ztex wrote: Dang! I wonder what happened?
Ate its own tail once.... did it again??? |
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| Author: | Zachary [ Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:46 pm ] |
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Wheels up wrote: Ztex wrote: Dang! I wonder what happened? Ate its own tail once.... did it again??? This is second-hand information, but I spoke with H.G. Frautchy - Executive Director of EAA's Vintage Division - he said that Jack Tiffany told him over the phone that on a takeoff roll the rotor speed was too slow for the forward speed of the aircraft, causing the one of the rotors to cone up and snap, which in turn caused the other blades to swing out of balance and also break. By shear luck there was no damage to the tail or wings of the Autogiro, but it will take quite some time to rebuild the rotor blades, as there are quite a few precise little wooden ribs that will have to be rebuilt. Zack |
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| Author: | Baldeagle [ Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:08 pm ] |
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As usual early reports are exaggerated, damage is very minor, a few broken rotor rib tails and a couple of trailing edge kinks. To repair it correctly will take some time however. In fact we could probably have done some quicky repairs on it and kept flying, but it isn't the kind of machine for that kind of repair, and we're being very cautious. |
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| Author: | Zachary [ Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:01 pm ] |
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Baldeagle - how many ribs are in one of those rotor blades? Do the blades have a steel tube spar in them? Thanks for any info! Zack |
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