RAF 200 giroplane
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RAF 2000 giroplane
I am interested in buying a RAF 2000 Giroplane, and would be interested in any comments from pilots who have flown and/or owned one.
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What happened?
We are very interested in all gyroplane accidents here in North America as we are working on improvements for gyroplanes.
Could you give further details?
Chuck.
We are very interested in all gyroplane accidents here in North America as we are working on improvements for gyroplanes.
Could you give further details?
Chuck.
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Airborne normally, accelerating at about 10ft, sudden nose down pitch and flew into the ground at full power. AIB man looks at the bits tomorrow. We could see no obvious control defect.
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There was a Prune thread on this machine several months ago.
I recall that some of the posts went into great detail.
I suggest you look it up.
Sounds scary to me!
HP
I recall that some of the posts went into great detail.
I suggest you look it up.
Sounds scary to me!
HP
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Was there any wind and or turbulence?
The RAF 2000 has a very high thrust line offset and no horizontal stabalizer to damp pitch movements, it is susceptable to power pushover. At altitude this results in a foward bunt and destruction of the machine in the air.
Cat Driver:
The RAF 2000 has a very high thrust line offset and no horizontal stabalizer to damp pitch movements, it is susceptable to power pushover. At altitude this results in a foward bunt and destruction of the machine in the air.
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