Recent content by MirandaB

Thanks very much for the tutorial. It explains a lot, including some of the apparent stick feedback I have seen evident in some POV gyro flying videos. I just assumed the pilots in those videos were experiencing feedback from rotor blades that weren't tracking equally (and maybe sometimes that...

Touche'!:lol:

The degree of automation here is not limited to fixed wing aircraft, either. I flew single engine UH-1s in the Army 30 years ago, and everything was manual. No autopilot or auto-anything. We had something called force trim we could use for the cyclic, which let the pilot set the...

Greg: Thanks for your vote on continuing this topic, this thread. Random: Very well said. Thank you. You clarified some latent issues that have been slowly coalescing in my understanding of the difference between helicopter and gyro rotor heads. You also touched on something that I have...

Gwen, Greg, and Ron: Thanks for the further input re licensing and documentation. It is much appreciated, and you have doubtless saved me much time, frustration, and misunderstanding. Random: I have spent a long time - years actually - looking into the issues you raised, and I all of...

I do have an FAA pilot certificate, issued in 1980, for commercial single engine rotary wing (helicopter) with an instrument endorsement. I understand that I can get the FAA to reissue it in my current name just by providing the appropriate court order and other associated identity documents...

You are correct on all accounts, Jim. As much as I would like to resume flying helicopters I am going to transition to gyros. (Funny, the FAA doesn't seem to want to count my countless full-stop autorotations toward my gyro type-endorsement:D) My choice of gyro over helicopter isn't based...

Thanks for all of the insight and feedback. It is good to know that, other than having to jump through some administrative hoops re documentation, etc., the process isn't all too onerous and others have survived it intact. My intent is to fly sport pilot only. After all, I am only planning...

Yes, it was a legal name change. No problem with documenting it all. That part is covered. I just want to avoid having to produce the same documentation and make the same explanations over and over.

L&S Guy: That is one of the things I was wondering. Blackhawk seems to have a good handle on that question as well as several other nuts-and-bolts aspects of getting current. Blackhawk: Thanks for the quick and dirty roadmap. I have been aware of some of the major changes that have...

Hello All: I am preparing to re-enter aviation after a 30-plus year hiatus, and I have a couple of questions to which I have not been able to find straightforward answers. I stumbled across this forum while looking for information on an automobile engine conversion. After spending a few...