So far all the photos except the one at the bottom of this page were taken and sent to me by Bill Lochridge who used to live on Friday Island, between Queensland, Australia and Papua New Guinea. If you want to know any more about either of these gyros e-mail Bill Lochridge by clicking on the underlined coloured text. He would be pleased to help. Before anyone considers flying a floats gyro they should be VERY aware that it is a far more risky business than flying an ordinary, 'wheeled' gyro.
Most gyros seem very ill-suited to flying with floats, but there do seem to be a few exceptions.
This gyro belongs to Bill's friend Greg Pope, seen here anchoring the gyro at Bill's beach on Friday Island. The rotor is 26 ft and by Bert Larkin of Home Hill, Queensland, and the floats are made of 1 ft x 1 ft x 8 ft sheet fibreglass - although Greg reckons that they ought really to be about 2 ft longer. Under the seat on the frame you might just be able to see a paddle. The gyro takes flight. This is Bill Lochridge's gyro which as you can see is on a Full Lotus float with outriggers.