Autothegyro

[skyshark58]

Did anyone get their Autothegyro to fly?

[Larry Renger]

Sure, Cox even made a RTF plastic version of th Cobra.

[big ron]

Look on the Ringmasters Flying Club New Orleans website there is a video. Allan Perret and Mike Griffin both had flights.

[Mike Griffin]

Did anyone get their Autothegyro to fly?

Hi Mike,

Yes both ALLAN and I both built and flew our Otto the Giros just recently and they fly surprisingly well.  As John Blanchard previously mentioned, you can see videos of them flying at ringmastersflyingclub.com.

Kindest regards
Mike Griffin

[Randy Powell]

We watched Mike fly his. It was - uh - exciting.

[john vlna]

Mike,
Make sure your balance is in front of the rotor, and the blade turns to give lift to the pilot side of the circle, but properly setup and trimmed autogyros  fly very well.
John

[dave siegler]

while they fly well, the one I have had and seen have mishaps during landing and take off. 

They are tricky to land without problems.

[Mike Griffin]

We watched Mike fly his. It was - uh - exciting.

Well Randy, it was flying just great until the rotor blade departed the fuselage.  They do not glide very well.  Other than that, they are a lot of fun.

Mike

[wwwarbird]

Did anyone get their Autothegyro to fly?

 David Smith was LOOPING his at the Polk City, IA contest a few years ago. Seen it wit my own eyes, uhh-huh.

[Air Ministry .]

Theres a whole board on autogiros on RC Group forum , but of course most of them'd be Wire Less .
Still some relevant theories , Id Think . Must read it one day . 

[Miguel Poduje]

Hello !!!

I builded my own autogyro.. very funny model.

I used a OS 46 FP engine and wood RC helicopter blades.

[RknRusty]

David Smith was LOOPING his at the Polk City, IA contest a few years ago. Seen it wit my own eyes, uhh-huh.

Haha I bet he was, but it ain't looking quite so agile these days. Just a little wear and tear.

[Steve Scott]

Mine is finished - sans bellcrank, pushrod, elevator horn, elevator hinges, fuel tank and a collar for the rotor hub.  I brought it out to our public demo at a full-scale airshow where it sat and made like a whirlygig lawn ornament.  The wind got strong enough on Sunday that the rotor flew off the spindle on it's own a couple of times.

Now if I could only remember where I put my Roberts bellcrank and handle 20 years ago.  The stab/elevator wood was pretty hard.  Had I not had one of those Great Planes electric slot cutting tools I'd never gotten through it.

Tower .40 RC will power it.

[Daniel_Munro]

My friend got his fly.

Has an Enya 29 for power. It lept into the air after a surprisingly short take off run.

It's included in the video I posted to YouTube recently.

[Air Ministry .]

Is your field ( in the video ) in Gore ?? or is that a rural park ? 

Is there a car field about , someone there needs a 97 Misti Windshield . Apparently the tankers are as bad as northland / Warahine;s . see one coming - hit the ditch . They Dont Back Off . 
We could start a thread on cattle truck / milk tanker stories .