Hi I understand there was a gyrocopter accident at Dahlem-Binz, Germany on 28th May 2014 ( yesterday ). The photos show a complete burn out - just the rotors remaining. A news link tells us that the 71 year old pilot suffered serious injuries. The rotors appear to be white with red blocks - similar ...

Mak - Many Thanks for the link. Rolled over and caught fire - sounds like the end of RKC.

I hope the pilot get airborne again soon.


Steve

Hi The latest brief briefs from the SA CAA show one recorded gyro incident/accident in March 2014, 27.3.14 - Napoleon Farm, Limpopo, South Africa - ZU-RIF - RAF SA 2000 GTX SE FI - c/n 032 - during take off the pilot reported a sudden loss of engine power just as the RAF 2000 gyrocopter rotated to l...

Hi


New gyros registered in SA during February 14 were

ZU-RKU Trendak Zen1 RST - registered 4th Feb 2014 - c/n #189

ZU-RJD Auto-Gyro Calidus - reg 6.2.14 - c/n #295

ZU-RKV Magni M24C Orion - reg 13.2.14 - c/n magni cumulative #760

Regards


Steve

"Looks like calidus is taking the world by storm "

Calidus approaching ship number #300

MT-03/MTOsport at approx ship #1100

Cavalon at approx ship #140


Cheers

Hi A good month for Auto-Gyro with all four newly registered gyros in January being Calidus - thanks for the photos of these that appeared on earlier threads ZU-RJS Auto-Gyro Calidus, c/n C00285 ZU-RKT Auto-Gyro Calidus c/n C00286 ZU-RRG Auto-Gyro Calidus c/n C00287 ZU-RRP Auto-Gyro Calidus c/n C002...

Hi Eben,

Yes 600 of the type since the early 1990s but 93% of these were built over in Canada by the now defunct R.A.F of Canada. The RAF 2000 has some history.

""Which gyro companies build today with the Subaru - RAF SA - approx 40 gyro delivered plus some home builds.""

Regards

Hi The following gyro manufacturs use Rotax engines Auto-Gyro gmbh - over 1070 MT-03/MTOsport delivered, over 285 Calidus delivered over 135 Cavalon delivered Magni - Over 810 examples of the Magni range deliverd - M16, M22, M24 etc Xenon - - Approx 160 examples delivered Zen1 - Approx 25 examples d...

Hi A couple of observations, Learjet - great pie chart but I think you also need to consider the ELA fleet - I would guesstimate that there are at least 50-60 ELA 07/08 gyros in SA ? plus a couple of Zen1 too. The highest RAF SA construction number i've seen is ship #039 - registered in 2013. What's...

Hi Yolande - thanks for your reply and your help in resolving that particular query - do you know if it was a "flyer" in the US or maybe uncompleted ?


Thanks


Steve

Hi Braam / Team Wagtail



Do you have any news on the "LDG" that you can share please - has the first example ( ZU-RKG ) now had its first test flight ?

Any news on this interesting machine would be welcome and some photos too if possible - thanks.


Regards

Steve

Hi Coenraad In this a fairly recent accident - I'm not aware of an accident with ZU-EUI. The SA CAA accident briefs only go up to Sept 2013 - would this incident be more recent ? I couldn't find anything on the broader WWW either. If possible can you confirm the the basic info - date & location - th...

Hi The UK CAA Type Approved Gyrocopter list is a short list http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=1419&pagetype=68&gid=1562 look at the heading Gyroplane Type Approval Data Sheets Only two manufacturers have qualified - the big two - you'll recognise the approved models. Note that there are no exa...

Hi Two photos - same machine - G-IRAF a) without rear HS http://www.caa.co.uk/applicationmodules/ginfo/ginfo_photo.aspx?regmark=G-IRAF&imgname=G-IRAF001&imgtype=jpg b) with rear HS http://www.caa.co.uk/applicationmodules/ginfo/ginfo_photo.aspx?regmark=G-IRAF&imgname=G-IRAF002&imgtype=jpg Modify, fly...

Hi Rocket



Several incident / accident reports from Canada, original home of the RAF 2000



http://search-recherche.tc.gc.ca/search ... mit=Search



Again all worth a read if time permits.


Regards


Steve