Paul

Anyone know of any plans/kits for an indoor gyro?
There used to be one on the website of Aerocomposite Designs but the link I have to their site no longer works, are they still around?
www.aerocompositedesign.com

duncan

RCM&E had a foamie twin rotor, a bit like the DB one, as a free plan Jan.2006 edition .Think it might be OK indoors. I`ll have a look through the "loft insulation" as She calls them. The designer has done a single rotor version. http://www.rcmf.co.uk/4um/index/.php?topic=26384.0 The German magazine FMT has a downloadable indoor cutie called Whopper that Jurgen Heilig has caught on video , see Paul`s post further down.

GEEDUBBYA

Howdy Paul,

Well, I did find an address for the company and a telephone number, however, the website seems to have been talken over by the server.
I had even gone so far as to post the address and phone number in this posting, but then decided you were probably in the UK so I took it upon myself to call the phone number to save you the cost of an overseas phone call.
Well, the number has been disconnected and no further information was available.
So thats two down, no phone number, no website.

I am including the info I gathered for you anyway, but I would say there is little hope of the company even being at the address either.

Aero Composite Design
829 Luther Lane
Chicago Heights, IL 60411
708-756-3697 Ask for John.

I also did a reverse search on the street address as well as the phone number but came up with nothing. And even went so far as to look at an aerial photo of the building to see if maybe it was close to other hobby shops in the chicago heighth area, but to no avail.

So then I decided I would take a guess at "John's" email address, I tried doing a reverse email search on and was promptly given a reply: "No eMail-Servers found for domain aerocompositedesign.com" so, I would have to say that you probably will not get ahold of "John" anytime soon.
The only other thing I could think of to do would be contact the chamber of commerce there and ask about that company and its owner, maybe they would have a record of it and possibly Johns last name which would allow you to contact him maybe by phone at home.

And before you say "wow this Greg guy really went overboard on this search", just to let you know, it has taken me longer to type this reply than it did to find out the info I "didnt find" lol.
I used to look up people and places for friends on the internet. I also did alot of people searches when I was a chatroom administrator at www.goldrushchat.com . We would occassionally get a "jerk" in there and you can make people like that go away real fast if you show them a photo of their house that you (a perfect stranger) got from the internet even though you have never met them in person or they havent told you much about them.
I used to could even tell them where they worked, the phone number to where they worked, tell them what roads they took to get to work and show them a photo of where they worked lol....all without leaving my computer here at my home lol. All I needed was to know their real name or address, the rest was easy.
I even found out a guys real name by zooming in on a photo of himself that he posted online which showed an intersection in front of his house. knowing what town he lived in, I merely looked up the the intersection, found the address of his house, did a search on that address, was given his phone number in the search then did a reverse search on the phone number, got his name and knew the type work he did, found a place that did it close to his house, and viola, I had his house address, telephone number, name, place of work, and with that was able to get his work addy, work phone and by mapping the quickest route between work and home, told him what route he took to and from work. And I never again heard a cross word from that guy in that chatroom.

Sorry I tend to ramble about off topic things. Anyway, sorry I couldnt help you, I doubt that you will be able to get in contact with "John".

Have a good evening,

Greg

Bunkerbarge

Well GW remind me never to get on the wrong side of you!!

Clever stuff, have you ever thought of going into Private detective work?

wonwinglo

Greg,recently a private detective was on television said that he had given up his conventional job to be an on-line detective,I think you have proved that it can be done.
There is now a lot of search and 'pay for further info' sites coming along,these companies have access to lots of info that you and me could get to if we had the time,lots of churches and public records offices are now going online retaining their earlier records as paper trail stuff,but one day,even that will be available as well when it gets scanned in and sorted.
Try placing your own name into Google and see just what comes up ! I think you could be in for a surprise.

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Paul

Thanks guys for all your help, clever stuff Greg!
Found the info on Whopper gyro impressive model, see video here:
http://airtoimedia.nl/web/upload/Jur...ig/Whopper.wmv

Got plans for it albeit in German, but sure I can figure it out

duncan

Glad you found it Paul. Are you going to do a build thread for us ? There is a handy modeller`s German/English translation of words that you might find tricky on www.sailplanes.com/german.htm Some nice gliding pictures too, full-size and scale models.

wonwinglo

***That is a realy nice Gyroplane,can anyone tell me if it is possible to save these video's to a file on my computer and if so how ? or do I need to always save to a disc ? Thank you.

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GEEDUBBYA

howdy guys,

Ok, Barry, in order to save this video clip, once your video player opens and the clip is downloaded and playing, click "favorites" at the top edge of the video player. when the gray box pops up with the clip name in it, place a check in the box that says "make availible offline" this should save the clip to your favorites, on your computer, intact that you can access anytime by going to "start", then "favorites" and scrolling down to the link. By saving it as stated above, you should be able to view it offline. Then, once you open it that way, you should be able right click on the playing video and then click "save as" and title it and save it in your computer. Even if you cant save it after making it a favorite, it will still be availible for viewing even when you arent online.

As for all the "detective stuff", I taught myself how to find all that info thru various search engines. Its something that anyone can do and ya dont evevn have to have all that "pay for info" software for the little bit of info I collected.
However this should be a wake up call to people who provide alot of information online, the info can be retrieved by others if they put their mind to it.
People who talk about what they do (i work for a transformer factory for example), and who also put personal info online ( My name is Greg Worsham and I live in Pine Bluff, Ark.) have basically given you all the info you need to track them down......right down to their house and work and even phone numbers to both.
There are not many Worshams in Pine Bluff, there are only two transformer factories and both are the same company so its just a matter of tracking down details in my case.
However, before you come knocking on my door late at night, be aware that I am an Arkansas redneck who owns 23 assorted rifles, shotguns and pistols....so please call before you come by lol. I just sat up most of lastnight after having a prowler in mine and my neighbors yard.
My point is, anyone can find info on most anyone now a days if they just put their mind to it. There are sites like terra server, google earth and others that give you photos of any location in the world practically.
Ok, I have rambled enough, have a good day,

Greg

hope this helps,

Greg

Paul

I saved it by going to 'file/save as' in Windows Media Player, can then save it to hard drive