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Thanks for the comment. Yeah we certainly do have a wonderful hobby.

HI thanks for the comments. Yeah not probably a good idea to take a dog flying as it would be in the back seat and could jam the flying controls.

@@jemwinder you're right, I never thought of that. Too bad for doggo 🐶

It certainly was!

The calidus can comfortably fly at 100mph, so certainly good for touring. And when it's windy and all your fixed wing Buddies are grounded you can keep on flying. ...

@@jemwinder well, I owned and flew an Arrow for 300 hours. At 75% and 6,500 ft it would do 144kts....best it would do. Crawling along between VOR's I wished fo 200. The Calidus seems the most likely canidate for a uprated engine that could cruise (65 to 75% power) at over 100kts...(112mph). Wouldn't a 3 blade rotor have less drag from it's smaller diameter? I wish somene could answer those 2 "why not" questions. Gyro's are still too expensive to just be a "toy". The near vertical landing ability is an important plus over fixed wing where I live but really....100mph running almost flat out is not good for long motor life!

@garyyoung4074 the new calidus with the Rotax 916 has just been released with a 140mph vne so an improvement..

@@jemwinder Now we're Talking!!! Thanks for the update. It's about time!!!

Out of interest are you a gyro pilot?

@@jemwinder No, ultralight pilot, but I have a chance to fly and piloting this thing as a new one directly from factory.

Still not the easiest place to find, even with GPS.

Hi Do you fly gyrocopters? As compared to all the other gyrocopter I have flowen this is the best yet.

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I an but a fixed wing private SEL license holder, but this kind of aircraft has, IMO, two benefits. First is the unparalleled visibility. Second, since the auto gyro is already auto rotating an engine out emergency is not a problem as it is in a fixed wing. Now, loss of a rotor though would be quite unpleasant.

Yes plenty of area to leave stuff and very friendly staff and a little cafe on site

Do you fly gyrocopters?

Looks like you are living up to your name.

Clearly your not a gyro pilot..

@@jemwinder .... Believe it or not, I have flown gyros.... However, I was responding to the statement which said... "NO STICK SHAKE AT ALL"...

Joe rotors are passing through wind at unequal speeds let's say you are doing 50mph forward this means when side on the blade on the side going forward has the rotor tip speed + the 50mph airspeed on the opposite blade -50mph but when fore aft they have just their rotational velocity. So you get a two per rev fore aft flexing on the mast. gyros need a slightly flexible mast to compensate. Ken Wallis who built the famous gyro from the early James Bond film had a spring built into his rotorhead to take that out and allow for a stiff mast. Now the control rods are connected to the rotor head so the two per rev will translate through to the stick about the amount shown here. However many gyros have much more stick shake because their blades are not properly balanced or aligned correctly. They use the excuse of two per rev but that doesn't explain why some like this can have so little. Basically this should be normal but not enough care goes into proper set up. Back in my day some of us still built our own blades and had to learn this stuff. The blades need to be so balanced that a couple of grams at one tip will induce stick shake so typically you balance them in a closed hanger so no breeze and paint the heavy blade, wait a day for it to dry and the vapour from the thinners in the paint will usually require a second or third coat until perfect. The Wooden blades usually had to be rebalanced once after a few hours of flying because moisture in the wood would be drawn to the tips from centrifugal forces. But once that was taken care of they were as smooth as silk. If you see the a vertical rhythm up and down that's not balance but one rotor having higher set angle than the other again something we'd work out in the old days. Now lots of these massively overpriced gyros are getting frames cracking because of fatigue from too much vibration. the Calidus is also over priced but at least they care enough to get the rotors precisely balanced. my old VW stick was as smooth as that and cost me about $3500 the Califus is what $120 000. yes two seater. very reliable motor fast. more fun? Nah. But credit where due they know how to set up rotors.

@@southamericancalljoe Agree with you actually. Imagine quite a few gyros won't have much stick shake at circa 55mph, even if the rotor speed isn't much less than at 75mph. 75mph at 1min in shows a little shake though. 90mph would likely see a little more. I got mine balanced for 100mph cruise with no shake and when delivered it was spot on. My opinion - stick shake means out of balance forces are ending up somewhere and I won't tolerate it personally (within reason of course:-). The Calidus I flew to get the 'ticket' was horrific....hated it. The one here is pretty good I think, though not perfect at speed.

​@@cameronlapworth2284 Do you know why they don't make gyro's with a 3 blade smaller diameter rotor? Like the ww2 german sub gyro kite. Seems to me they mighr be faster and have less stick shake. Can a calidus cruise at 100kts? Love the idea of landing vertically in an emergency. I live in a wilderness area and that would be a real positive attribute. They just are so slow to actually GO anywhere in it seems. Just sightseeing at 60kts is fine...but it's an expensive toy for just that. Am interested in checking gyros out. I'm a non current ex ARROW pilot

Have you ever flown one as smooth as that..? Even at 110 mph it's still smooth?

I've built my own wooden rotor and I'm appalled that this is not considered normal stick shake. you can achieve it just have to have them properly balanced and stringlined. you cannot remove it all because of two per rev fore and aft vs side positions on two bladed rotors. so many $100 000 + machines with massive stick shake. I think some blame has to go towards massive prerotation causing them to twist out of pattern but because no one builds thier own anymore no one understands stringlinning

Thanks.. flight was with Two persons on board..

Nice video Was it like that from the factory . I just bought a new cavalon 915 certified it won’t be here till march but I hope 🤞 it will be set up as good as yours

@@rinoswiatek yeah I've been told it was always this smooth. Not sure why this one is as I've flown ither calidus and not smooth as this one..