Goodwin blades

[Echo]

In response to feedback I have been getting from the Goodwin 26" tip weighted blades I had bought early in the year & have since sold , here are the facts-

[birdy]

Just outa interest, who shot their mouth off?I dont lurk all the time and obviously missed it.

[bones]

It might very well could be something with the machine or the head its bolted to also?I recieved my new blades from the same guy, took them out

[Echo]

This is the first time this subject has been raised on the forum , maybe why some people may have "missed" it. Bones,

[Brian]

Thanks Eric for posting on this on the forum and saying what happened.Sorry not to have caught up at Broken Hill and got to fly your gyro, it obviuosly appealed very much to one young fella !!You are correct Bones about difernt gyros and heads, I sold a set of new new 28 AK that with beautiful and smooth, later verified by Nick Spehr [SA] but the bloke who bought them said they scared him real bad and shook that bad he hit his knuckles on the dash.

[aussie_paul]

Thanks Eric for posting on this on the forum and saying what happened.Sorry not to have caught up at Broken Hill and got to fly your gyro, it obviuosly appealed very much to one young fella !!You are correct Bones about difernt gyros and heads, I sold a set of new new 28 AK that with beautiful and smooth, later verified by Nick Spehr [SA] but the bloke who bought them said they scared him real bad and shook that bad he hit his knuckles on the dash. Brian, that sounds like an experience I had many years ago. A guy asked me to have a look at the rotor shake in his gyro. I took it for a fly and there was quite a nasty shake. I let go of the stick and all hell broke loose. The stick went for and aft full range at least twice before I re grabbed the stick. I had skin taken from my knuckles!!!!!!!!!!! I felt that the problem was the long control tubes. I then gently wrapped an ocky strap around the two control tubes and mast. The next flight was almost normal. What was needed was a set of scissor type pivot points half way up the control tubes like on the RAF 2000. A resonance had developed with these blades on this particular gyro. Other blade brands were used and had no such problem.As the Castrol ad says "Oils aint oils", all gyros and all blades ain"t the same!!!!!!!!!!!!Aussie Paul.

[bones]

This is the first time this subject has been raised on the forum , maybe why some people may have "missed" it. Bones,

[birdy]

The first set of [30"] AKs i got off Geff shook likea dog s%$#n razers.All i did was string um, hang um and spin um.Didnt get past 100rrpm before i noticed the start of the shake and that the tips were bout 8" outa track.Wasnt game to go much faster.Wotd i do?I rang the maker.Easy fix.Turned out to be the crooked RAF head.

[Echo]

Thanks Brian,