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Baldeagle
 Post subject: Pitcairn Autogiro flies
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The aircraft was restored by Jack Tiffany and crew in Dayton, Ohio

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Outstanding!

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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?

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For those wondering...

http://www.airventure.org/2008/news/080 ... cairn.html

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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?

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It was sitting derelict at Isla Grande Airport (TJIG, San Juan) 20 years ago.

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Dang! I wonder what happened?

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Dang! I wonder what happened?


Ate its own tail once.... did it again???
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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.

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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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Baldeagle - how many ribs are in one of those rotor blades? Do the blades have a steel tube spar in them?

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