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heads-up, Cierva C.30 autogyro

Posted: 29 Jan 2009, 23:08
by Motormouse
here ----> http://www.classicwings.net/freeplanes/ ... ierva.html

(the name may be Spanish, but built here in blighty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_la_Cierva )

ttfn

Pete

Re: heads-up, Cierva C.30 autogyro

Posted: 29 Jan 2009, 23:55
by Techy111
Interesting little craft Pete....any ideas what sound to use for the little tinker...?

Tony

Re: heads-up, Cierva C.30 autogyro

Posted: 30 Jan 2009, 23:00
by DispatchDragon
Just piddled with it

Rotors move far to slowly - panel needs some work - seems to me I remember listening to people at Shuttleworth
that knew the beastie talking about a "spin-up" feature - where there was a mechanical interconnect with the engine
and rotor that would bring the rotor to speed before they started forward.


Leif

Re: heads-up, Cierva C.30 autogyro

Posted: 05 Feb 2009, 06:14
by DispatchDragon
I can admit when Im wrong - :brick:

I just uploaded a slightly modified version of Craig Richardson's Cierva to www.classicbritishfiles.com
and afetr spending an hour puttering around the IOW landing on seaforts etc etc
Its worth a look and a grope :)


Leif

Re: heads-up, Cierva C.30 autogyro

Posted: 05 Feb 2009, 12:51
by ferryman
DispatchDragon wrote:Just piddled with it

Rotors move far to slowly - panel needs some work - seems to me I remember listening to people at Shuttleworth
that knew the beastie talking about a "spin-up" feature - where there was a mechanical interconnect with the engine
and rotor that would bring the rotor to speed before they started forward.


Leif
The C30 was the first autogyro to make a successful "jump" takeoff. It was also the first to use a tilting rotor, enabling the pilot to have a single control for yaw, pitch, and roll.

Re: heads-up, Cierva C.30 autogyro

Posted: 05 Feb 2009, 13:58
by FlyTexas
DispatchDragon wrote:I can admit when Im wrong - :brick:

I just uploaded a slightly modified version of Craig Richardson's Cierva to http://www.classicbritishfiles.com
and afetr spending an hour puttering around the IOW landing on seaforts etc etc
Its worth a look and a grope :)


Leif
Thanks for the tip, Leif. Downloading now. :)

Brian

Re: heads-up, Cierva C.30 autogyro

Posted: 09 Feb 2009, 12:09
by DispatchDragon
Sorry to bump this up again , The Cierva is doing a modest trade at the Pond - Craig also gave permission to upload his slightly dated Sopwith Tabloid
but never the less quite fun the fly (especially on floats) Just remember rotary engines have two speeds -------Full chat - and stopped :) Took me
a while to figure out how the "blip" Carigs model.


Leif