Originally Posted by ffs

OK - Am a little bit of a new meets old situation - hope that old saying cant teach an old dog new tricks proves to be wrong.

I have tried a single trial flight of a glider once - it was terrific but lacked freedom. I hear you say - how can that be possible up there? actually the freedom was terrific however the process of organizing to get in the sky was terribly drawn out - finding a club getting there - Its terrific for a rare occasion however the freedom comes from having my own equipment and being able to get airborne whenever i feel on my terms.

All that being said i would like to go about the traing over the following few months - probably take me till after christmass to get airborn on my own however lessons between now and then really should be organized...

I was thinking of spending some of my time over the chrissie break working on an engin for a gyro - after the engin is finished then there is the frame and the rotors - its all inside my head at the moment but i am sure looking forward to getting some books and doing some reading...

Would be great to find some instructions on how to build a gyrocopter to - getting my eye on the target so to speek...

That says a bit about how i arrived here