The gyros listed above are all Piezo gyros.

Gyros are in the main connected with helis were they are used to help raine in the tail rotor control. Gyros also find their way into a varety of other models. Some examples would be:

• Aircraft. On either Aileron, Evelator, or Rudder, as an aid to smoother flight. Can help aircraft designs that are pitch/roll instable.
• Helis. On either Aileron, Evelator, or in the standard position of Rudder. Gyros on Aileron and Elevator are very common on helis without flybars, or multi blade heads, or even multi head helis.
• Submarines. Used to make sure the angle of dive doesn't get too steep, to avoid hitting the bottom of the pond with the nose of your sub.
• Cars. The use of gyros on the steering function was band at national/international level, as it was deemed and unfair advantage. It was good for a second a lap advantage, and at international level races are won and lost on a lot less than that.

There are two types of Gyros available, std and heading lock. Std gyros will work in the variety of models described above. Heading lock gyros are intended only for heli use, but please let us know if you are brave enough to try one in something else.

Standard Gyros

These work by dampening the effected control, in other words it slows the response of the control making it less sensitive.

Heading Lock Gyros

These gyros are much more advanced and operate with a fully closed loop system which will give both negative and positive feedback to the effected control (it will speed up or slow down as required whereas the dampening gyros will only slow down).   This attribute is known as heading lock and in helis it works to provide a heli that once set on a heading will not deviate without a users input.  This is beneficial for all pilots from beginners, allowing them to almost ignore the tail rotor in the initial hovering phase, to the more experienced pilots for cross-wind hovering, backwards flight, general 3D flying and many other manoeuvres. These Gyros tend to be more at the more expensive end of the market, but because of their performance there really are no downsides. They are fast becoming the norm in the heli world with both beginners and headcase 3d flyers alike.

Contact us if you have any queries or need advice about what would suit you best.

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