Exiting a non stationary rotored gyro

[BeefBear]

Just yesterday, in a passing conversation a friend told me of an incident where a guy had a hard landing caused by pilot error, in which the landing has actually injured the pilot's back. Turns out the pilot exited the gyro whilst the rotors still had some energy. In walking away from the landing whilst holding his back, it is alleged that the rotors were re energised by a passing whirl wind. Pilot looked back after hearing a noise to find his gyro partially lifted off and leaning towards him.

End scenario is the gyro self destructed on impact with the ground. My friend then passed judgement on gyros are a suicide machine. It is clearly a pilot error ( and a serious one too) of failing to remain within the gyro until the rotors had stopped and could well have been potentially fatal.

When outsiders here of these sorts of incidents, its no wonder that out of ignorance they tend to blame the machine and not the operator.

Ted

[Aussie_Paul]

Ted, that is not a hard landing that is a crash!!!! If it did not break a support tube and roll over I think he is having you on!!! The fact that the pilot did not keep his mind on the job until the aircraft was secure indicates a non mature attitude, I know the pain etc, BUT you have to rise above that in any situation in life. A back getting hurt in a hard landing that did not break a supprt tube!!!!!!!!

Geeeez!!!!!!!!!! no wonder we are thought of as cowboys!!!!

it is alleged that the rotors were re energised by a passing whirl wind I doubt it. If someone has said the rotors had enough energy to be "re energised by a passing whirl wind" to turn the machine over I would say that there is something fishy about this story, even without the pilot in the seat!!!!!!!

But what would I know Ted???

A post, without facts, like this is damaging to the gyro movement.

Aussie Paul. :mrhappy :pelvic_thrust2: :pistoles: :poke: :poke:

[BeefBear]

The story was this guy was going to land but got caught short by a fence that was only seen at the last minute, so he decided to try and pull up short, and in doing so hit hard and bounced. upon settling he walked away from his gyro but the rotors were not stationary. As I said it was alledged that the gyro became partially airborne because of a whirl wind. This gyro was one of these hidden ones on a cattle property and the guy telling me this story was employed on the property at the time.

We were talking about using gyro's in the cattle industry when he said I was a suicide jockey, with a death wish. Then came the story. I have now reason to doubt him as he hasn't lied to me yet, that I know of.

Ted

[russ]

Ted, that is not a hard landing that is a crash!!!! If it did not break a support tube and roll over I think he is having you on!!! The fact that the pilot did not keep his mind on the job until the aircraft was secure indicates a non mature attitude, I know the pain etc, BUT you have to rise above that in any situation in life. A back getting hurt in a hard landing that did not break a supprt tube!!!!!!!!

Geeeez!!!!!!!!!! no wonder we are thought of as cowboys!!!!

it is alleged that the rotors were re energised by a passing whirl wind I doubt it. If someone has said the rotors had enough energy to be "re energised by a passing whirl wind" to turn the machine over I would say that there is something fishy about this story, even without the pilot in the seat!!!!!!!

But what would I know Ted???

A post, without facts, like this is damaging to the gyro movement.

Aussie Paul. :mrhappy :pelvic_thrust2: :pistoles: :poke: :poke:




With you on this one paul..............smells just a tad fishy ::)

[BeefBear]

Everything smells fishy to you.... I've told you once if not a thousand times, move away from the ocean

[russ]

If ya guna exit a gyro with the blades still spinin, mite help to let em slow a tad first, then park it backwards into the wind, with stick full back............or into the wind with stick locked at full forward.
And even when you do get away, keep your eye on wots happinin back at the machine, and wots goin on near the machine.....animals,folks,vehicles etc etc
The guaranteed best way is stay onboard and stop em dead...........


BTW...........just recalled a previous thread "how do ya stop blades in a howling wind".........nuthin much came from that one..........O well

[RJWS]

I've never flown a gyro, but .... if you can't stop the rotor because of strong winds, why couldn't you taxi WITH the wind until you can halt the blades? Assuming, of course, that you have the room to do so.

[russ]

You can always stop the blades, no matter what the wind is doing.[ a few tekneekes :redface:good spellin aye]

Taxying downwind is not one of em.

A rotor brake up top makes life more easy, saves climbing on the seat to help slow em down [useing your hand]