Engine failure occurs around 02:55 on the time line. I was test flying this "new" WindRyder gyroplane. Found out the fuel pick-up was in the forward fuel cell bulkhead. In the departure and crosswind legs, fuel level being low, it was not getting to the pick-up line. This was Nags Head NC 1989. The landing was done downwind as there were no other suitable landing spots within gliding distance.
Oddly enough I was at the PRA flying at Hearne Texas 1990, but I was not in that WindRyder. I flew two of these, one in Nags head NC and the other in Manassas Va. Sweet ride I must admit, definitely a mold breaker.
I agree. No engine troubles, no gasoline or oil, no electrical system, no noise but the wind and rotor (great sound by the way) and about the simplest way to fly in a rotorcraft.
