New Posts - 1999
July 1999
Fixed-wing Memories page was added, linked to the Rotorbyte Home Page. A few photos and memories from the early 80's when Don and I were flying fixed-wing ultralights.
A new page, Summer 1999, was linked to the Gyrobee Home Page. The new page includes a link to another new page, Mentone 1999, covering the Gyrobee at the 1999 Mentone PRA convention, some partially-completed Gyrobees that were on display, and our 132-mile cross-country flight home.
August 1999
Added some new pictures and a discussion of Aero Sports Connection to the Mentone 1999 page.
Added a new page on Gyrobee Stability and Handling that can be accessed from the Gyrobee Home Page.
Added Les Smoot to the Completions page.
Added Scot White and Rodney Endsley to the In Progress page.
September 1999
Two page .PDF file describing a Digipod mount suitable for use with the Gyrobee or Honey Bee - see the Documentation Download page.
Added a few updated pictures to the HoneyBee Gyro page.
Created a new page covering some of the activities at the ASC Nationals/KIMO 1999.
Created a new page for the Aero Sports Connection Rotor Wing.
Added the SnoBird Exciter and Sportcopter Lightning to the Ultralight Gyroplanes page and updated the entry for the Bumblebee.
October 1999
Fancied-up the background wall-paper on most pages
Added several new builders and links to the In Progress page
Created a page, CG Calculations, based on Antonio Alvarez's article in the September 1999 issue of Rotorcraft. The page includes a DOS program (that also runs fine under W95/98) that you can download to painlessly do all the calculations. The page includes a description of how to use the program with both conventional (nose-wheel) and tail-dragger gyroplanes.
Added a link on the Kits and Components page for the Wobbly Flyers web site. Here you can obtain free drawings on two different rotor heads. I also added a link that lets you download a set of 10 PDF drawing I prepared from the Wobbly Flyers documentation.
November 1999
Added two old winter flying articles from Rotorcraft to the Technical Side page. One covers general winter flying issues while the second deals with flying a gyro on skis.
December 1999
A group of Chapter 63 members take a road trip to visit GyroTech in Grand Rapids, MI.
Added Jim Norcia and his Honey Bee to the Completions page