The autogyro display can either be flown directly from take off or from a holding position away from the display site.
Duration: Take off and land at site - 8 minutes
From holding point (abeam crowd line) - 5 minutes, 30 seconds
Bad weather display - 5 minutes
The shortened, bad weather display, can be flown when the weather is unfit for the full sequence. This display can be flown down to a minimum of a 300ft cloudbase if taking off and landing at the site, or a 500 ft cloudbase if starting from the holding position, both with a minimum visibility of 1500 metres.
The Sequence: (Can readily be changed to suit site and situation)
From site:
Line up
Pre-rotate(30 secs)
Take off
Clime to 750 ft.
Tight spiral descent to 200 ft (sequence starts here if arriving from holding point)
Head on approach to crowd at datum , descending to 50 ft
90 degree turn towards down wind
360 tight turn
Slow run along display line - 35 mph
360 tight turn
Fast run along display line - 100 mph (aircraft VNE )
Climb to 300 ft
Hover at crowd centre, then dive to 50 ft to reposition up wind
Cruise speed run along display line - 65 mph - 360 degree tight turn at datum and continue
360 tight turn
Hands off run along display line - 50 mph - (both hands waving)
If on site landing:
90 degree climbing turn to 300ft
270 degree reversed turn to line up with landing direction
Precision landing at datum, stop within 20 metres.
If departing display:
At display line end, commence climb out
When clear display area, climbing turn to depart crowd abeam
