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Carter Aviation Technologies Update
-Jeff Lewis
Engineer, Carter Aviation Technologies
Wichita Falls, Texas
http://www.CarterCopters.com
Flight Testing the CarterGyro
For the past week, we have been flight testing the CarterGyro. Pictures and videos are available on our website, by following the link above. Right now, this is a private page- there are no links to it anywhere on the website. We are still in the process of flight testing, and may add new videos to the page, replacing some of the ones that are on there currently. This page will probably be made public at our next monthly update, but we thought we'd let the CCAlert subscribers get an earlier look at what we've been doing.
The CarterGyro is a heavily modified Butterfly autogyro, being used as a platform to test Carter technologies. The major modifications to the aircraft in the configuration for these tests included the Carter propeller & the two-setting Carter prop pitch control mechanism, the Carter designed mechanical pre-rotator, the Carter smart strut on a Carter designed main gear, and a slightly modified commercially available nose gear with more stroke and a larger tire than the original nose gear. The original rotor was still on the aircraft. The aircraft performed very well in the tests. The pilot commented that the thrust from the Carter propeller was like "a kick in the pants" compared to the original prop. He was able to fly straight and level at around 20 mph airspeed, performed several zero-roll landings, and could perform short takeoffs in about 20'.
Engineer, Carter Aviation Technologies
Wichita Falls, Texas
http://www.CarterCopters.com
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