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Dear Rusty

There was only one twinstar that was ever planned to have a rotory eng in Ky I don't know of any other that where flying do you know who had them and where they were located.

Regards

Ed Klepeis

----- Original Message -----

From: Russell Duffy

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:25 PM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Of Interest to "Rotorheads"

Many years ago there was a Rotary powered Gyrocopter flying.

I believe the owners name was Jim Mayfield or something like that.

His engine was supplied by Dave Atkins.

I also heard that it accumulated 1000's of hours as it was used for training.
Anyone have more info on this?

There have been a number of Parson Tandem gyros over the years with rotary engines, and I've also heard the stories of how long they lasted. Right now, you can get excellent gyro trying from a man named Steve McGowan in GA. He's got a Parsons Tandem with a 12A engine and belt drive.

There have also been at least a few Twinstars with rotary engines, and no doubt a few other gyros as well.

Cheers,

Rusty

PS- My gyro is almost officially for sale. It was fun, but I'm just a fixed wing, closed cockpit kinda guy I guess. The next project will be an RV-12, with the intention of putting the single rotor in it.