Rick Morel wrote:
On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:30:42 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:48:23 -0500, Rick Morel
wrote:

Not water cooled, but a real world example. About 20 years ago I built
and flew a gyrocopter....
Interesting! Do you happen to know Ken Brock? He was one of the
gyrocopter pioneers and flew one across country for the publicity.
He and I appeared together on a television show called "To Tell The
Truth" back in the early 70s. I was one of his "imposters" and Ken
of course was the real thing.

No, but I did meet him. A great guy. About all the gyrocopters used
his horizontal stabilizer and control system.

Rick


I thought he flew a Bensen.

But it turned out his mods were sufficient to make it a new design.

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The Ken Brock story as it relates to sport gyroplanes begins around 1970 with a
Bensen gyrocopter he had built and subsequently modified. These modifications
led directly to a design that Igor Bensen told Brock was a new design and could
no longer be considered a Bensen Gyrocopter. The popularity and innovations of
Brock’s design lead to the formation of Ken Brock Manufacturing with the intent
to market and sell Ken Brock gyroplanes. Brock was one of the first to use the
term gyroplane, a term the FAA would later use to define the aircraft type in
general. Ken Brock gyroplanes would carry model designations of KB; other models
include the KB2 and KB3. The design, as mentioned before, was based off the
Bensen Gyro-Copter and from this basic design Ken created an aircraft that would
be easier to handle, and fly. While it was not much of a real stabilizer the KB
gyroplanes were among the first to add it. Initially installed as a rock guard
to protect the propeller on Bensen and other designs. Ken's gyroplanes were
among one of the first to start the debate and research of the addition of
horizontal stabilzers and would lead to future gyroplane designs incorporating
such devices. Brock and Brock Manufacturing would always make safety a top
priority with any gyroplane it designed and through the history of the company
many changes and modifications would follow the design such as in better rotor
designs and manufacturing processes to build them.


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