Welcome to the GyroJournal™! To get us started on this journey together, I have listed below in the Table Of Contents of what "I" think is important for you to understand about my gyroplane experience. It is not the only way to learn how to fly them, it is simply my piece of gyro history. In a small way I want you to get to know me and my struggle to get to this point in my gyroplane experience. I am just a guy that grew up in Middleville, Michigan that loves designing and flying the gyroplane, specifically the HoneyBee.
Are there things that you have a question about? Chances are good that I have answered your question in one form or another over the last 14 years on an e-mail or a web page somewhere. Either way, please write me; I would love to answer it again if it helps you.
Here we go!
The GyroJournal™
By Jim Fields
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Table of Contents
- Discovering The Gyroplane
- Starting My Private Ticket
- Taking the Download, The GyroBee & Dr. Ralph Taggart
- The creation of the original HoneyBee Gyro
- R1-T1-D1/P1, a cup of coffee and two donuts
- Creating the HoneyBee Gyro & the events of 1997
- The Training Dilemma: Where do I go from here?
- Crow hops
- My solo in the first HoneyBee Gyro
- Prerotation: Why it is so important to get it right!
- Taking the Herculean Touch out of my flying style
- Aerial Photography & a head wind
- Turning Down Wind & Learning To Leave The Wild Turkeys Alone
- Making small changes can be dangerous: Control Sticks and Stops
- Flight Testing/Improving The Original 1998 Frame
- The Nose Gear Linkage
- The Main Gear: Lessons learned from 250#+ pilots
- The Tires & Wheels: Lessons learned from 250#+ pilots
- Adding Brakes, what a novel idea
- Adding the "Pre-Rotator" with only 5#'s to spare
- Flying: Low Time In Type
- "Behind the Curve"
- Mastering "Minimum Forward Speed"
- Max Cruise Speed and Fuel Use
- Navigation In Open Frame Gyroplanes: Where did my sectional go?
- How a Hand Held GPS opened up a whole new world
- The Kent County International (KGRR) Loop: Living in and around Class "Charley"
- Flying To Get Refreshed
- Don't forget to check the weather, BEFOFE you take off
- Flying Cross Countries & Five Gallons of Gas and loving it!
- The 2000 Series Airframe: The perfected effort of the original design
- We need a two place trainer!
- The Sale Of GyroTech & A five year Non-Compete Agreement
- Life goes on....
- The Birth of HoneyBee G2™
- The Role Of Good First Customers & Staying the Course
- Updating what is working, good, functional and practical to Perfect!
- The Internet and How It Has Opened Up The World to HoneyBee G2™
- Developing the Line: Open and Fully Enclosed Airframes, Step-By-Step
- The Conclusion: I will never get tired of flying the HoneyBee G2™
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