![]() I also can tell you it is going to be a two place and side by side. There is a good chance this new dominator will also do jump take offs. Dick is the builder of the Gyrhino jump take off gyro. What I think he won't mind me saying is he has designed it with Dick Degraw. You could email him, call him or start a thread to him here asking and he could tell you if he wants the info out there. I know he had some pics of it out in public display at Bensen Days, but I am not sure he wants the cat out of the bag. The Monarch may be able to take a harder hit, But it too has a limitation and someone is bound to exceed it.Īs for what Ernie is coming out with that will be new and exciting. The Dominator normally has the shocks set very firm and the landing wouldn't be very soft. ![]() But I wouldn't make it a normal practice. ![]() I know the stop and drop would be useful if you had to land in a very small or rough area. What I meant by my comment was - being a smarty pants - that a Dominator pilot doesn't need special gear to save us from our screwed up landings cause Dominator pilots are a more skilled Breed of gyro pilots. The Monarch gear lets you descend at a higher rate from a greater height, and bounce less than a Dom does on a stop-and-drop.Ĭheck out the videos on PRA 34's website. In fact, I mentioned it in so many words to Larry, "Man, the Dominator guys are going to have to stop bragging about 'stop-and-drop' now." so it was kind of funny to see you mention the same comparison I was making.īut while they are the same general idea, there is a big difference in the Dominator and Monarch vertical landings. No disrespect of Ernie or of the great Dominator gyro is intended when I say that you could probably only do that in a Dominator once. Larry did it in front of me from about twenty. It is the same general idea but as Ernie describes the stop-and-drop on his web page, and as I've seen happy Dom drivers doing it, it's from about three feet. Not to take away from Larry Neal's work, but aren't these the same type of landings that I've seen in a video of Dave Seace doing a stop-and-drop in his Dominator? I believe this new system represents a quantum leap in safety for autogyros and we are excited about its future impact. ![]() "We are extremely pleased with the results that we are achieving with the Monarch. "Our whole research and development program is geared toward increasing safety and efficiency within the aviation industry," said Carter President Jay Carter, Jr. ![]() When final tests are complete Carter and TBL will look at a licensing agreement. During proof testing, the gear was able to absorb 1,200 feet-per-minute landing impacts with a 3000 lb gross weight with no damage. The valve works without external sensors and automatically adjusts to handle any combination of impact velocity and weight up to its design limits. A patented mechanical valve determines the impact energy and applies the proper pressure to vary the deceleration rate based on the aircraft's impact velocity - without exceeding gear load limits. The project, which may lead to Carter's first external licensing agreement, uses a patented Carter strut, "Smart Strut," which works with TBL's G-Force gear to provide 16 inches of stroke at the wheels. The following is fresh out of the EAA Hotline Newsletter via the broadband! Is this insight into what we are seeing with Larry Neal's Monarch?ĭuring a Sun 'n Fun press conference, Carter Aviation Technologies announced it is working with autogyro maker The Butterfly, LLC to develop a superior landing gear system. ![]()
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