Gyros on planes

A couple of guys I fly foamies with indoors have gyros on their indoor electrics to help with harriers and torque rolls and whatnot. If you don't know they're using gyros, they look really smooth :)

Hi Steve,

I've messed around with gyros in a couple of airplane models and they are effective!

If you orient it to stabilize the rudder, it will not affect your use of the ailerons, but it will counteract adverse yaw. It stabilizes the aircraft in the single axis you choose, so putting it on the rudder (yaw axis) will not have an effect on the aileron control (roll axis).

Most recently, I put one on the rudder of a newly-completed Great Planes P-51D kit. My gyro has adjustable gain that can be controlled with a free knob on your transmitter. I tried my first take-off with the gyro's gain set at 50%. Straight as an arrow with just a tiny bit of rudder input. Second take-off with the gyro turned off took my by surprise and I was all over the runway. :-)

I also experimented with it on the aileron channel of a large, high-wing model, a World Models Super Frontier Senior on which I had a 35mm camera mounted. It really kept the wings level on gusty days.

Good flying, desmobob

I thought a gyros was a Greek sandwich. You fly with your lunch?