If there was ever a video to promote Steve Boxall as a perfect Gyro instructor this is it. I've been following Gyros for decades -- would love to fly one. OH to be able to afford a new MAGNI..... BRILLIANT demo of a fabulous craft.
I'm a helicopter, as well as fixed wing pilot who flies gyros. They are very fun and very safe and like any other aircraft require the proper instruction for safe operation. When I compare gyros to helicopters I say they are 90% of the fun for 10% of the cost.
I am learning to fly gyros, (the aircraft I'm learning on is an MTO2017), and I can confirm that they are fantastic to fly, I've done 30 minutes in a Cavalon, and what I found is that, although it was no bigger, the fact that the cockpit was side-by-side, instead of tandem,(which I am used to), the cavalon seemed much larger, I'm almost ready to go solo, and hope to eventually qualify as an instructor, I'm glad to see that you enjoyed your flight, and hope that you are inspired to continue with gyros, take care, all the best from Scotland, Stephen.
Your videography method of speeding up the video while maintaining the voice is amazing. I wish others would do this. It makes the experience so seamless.
If you ever get the opportunity, don't pass it up. I was trained to fly fixed wing at the age of 12 and loved them. But when I was 14 ,we lived in North Carolina, and Igor Benson used to fly over our house a lot. And I thought I'd love to do that. Well, I got my first ride in one at the age of 68. I had so much fun I took lessons. I'd been in love with them all my life, and now I'm wishing I'd fulfilled my dream decades ago. So much fun!
As a high time Vietnam helicopter pilot, I am highly impressed with the gyro copters but totally shocked by the sticker price. I am also an A&P mechanic and can't figure out how something so simple can cost so much. Thought I might go that route but the cost is just too ridiculously high. At those prices, I might as well by a four place airplane. If you want to sell more gyros, you have to sell more. So, lower the cost! Or else kiss it all bye bye. Having "fun" can't justify the cost.
Can't agree more! EAA and GA are totally dead unless you're rich or want to have 10 partner owners of a 65 year old plane. Wasn't the entire point of gyros and experimental to be cheap and open to everyone? When I was in Civil Air Patrol as a kid I could get lessons for about $4000 student to private. Now days at the same airport they want $38k all said and done. After spending that much for training, you'd then have to spend another $30k or more for an airplane half a century old and hope it didn't need repairs. A few old pilots gave me the best advice ever.....Build a little plane, do basic handling training, and go flying. What are they gonna do...pull you over?
I would guess it comes down to two things: 1) it’s a niche market with little economy of scale, 2) even unpowered, there is engineering complexity involved with having fast-rotating airfoils.
Great video! I’ve always been intrigued but haven’t tried flying one yet, but this has me thinking. I assume Rachel has gone straight home and starting scouting Afors for her own aircraft?!
Having flown both fixed and rotary wing a/c, I have never been in a gyro and although interested, have remained sceptical of how they fly. This video did the most to satisfy me that they are great aircraft for their intended purpose. Thank you.
Glad you saw the light, Lady. I went through the same path, being a helicopter CFI. Now I'm hooked to the M-24! Welcome aboard. But I'd like to add that you must be a damn good chopper pilot because you handled that Magni beautifully.
I had to turn on the captions because it was too much of a battle to figure out what was being said with the audio and the radio at the same volume level. I kept looking to see if I had two youtube videos running at the same time. Otherwise, very instructive.
I first flew in a gyro over 10 years ago, I couldn’t believe how much fun it was and how so much of what I thought I knew about gyros was incorrect. 500 P1 hours later, it’s still a load of fun!
Wow, that looked great. Far beyond the days of Ken Wallis and Little Nelly. I've never really considered gyroplanes before but with all that visibility, stability and redundancy it's almost a no brainer. The modern cockpit is a plus.
I think this is the most interesting and useful 'inro to gyros' I have seen. Could it be followed by a more geeky look at how they differ from heli-chopters technically. Also interesting and useful summary when it comes to the lifestyle or mission of fixed vs. heli vs. gyro.
Autogiro is in autorotation mode all the time...which means the airflow direction is from bottom to the topside...lift vector is tilted back...if no thrust then it glides...you manipulate ascent-level-glide by adding changing thrust... there is no pitch control of blades just changing the "disc angle" A heli has 3 modes of operation: 1 powered mode so the flow direction is from top to bottom...2 powered-high descend dangerous mode is with power on and high descent rate at a certain angle...3 if no power then the pilot has to transition into autorotation mode, there is a pitch/cyclic control so changing pitch via swashplate will alter the lift vector direction or create any "disc angle" It needs constant piloting on all axis controls plus the cyclic plus the power setting...
Heavy controls are just a Magni gyro thing. They are very heavy handling. Other gyroplanes aren't like that. It is the rotor blade chordwise balance in front of 1/4 chord that mainly produces that heaviness. It makes it harder to change direction and many people confuse that with stability but what they mean is they aren't going to overcontrol it which is sometimes a problem for pilots switching from GA airplanes like a Cessna 182 or Cherokee 180 to a light gyroplane.
I flew from popham with Steve, I thoroughly enjoyed it and Steve was incredible. I then flew my boring fixed wing home 😃 I was amazed how manoeuvre able they are, and I would much rather suffer an engine failure in a gyro than in my plane. (With Steve flying!) thanks Steve, great vid.
Years ago, when I was doing my PPL at Shipdham, Ken Wallis invited me to go flying with him in a gyro. Unfortunately I never got to take up the invite, and I've always regretted it. This looks great fun!
I was in the club bar during one of our airshows and missed Ken wreck one of his machines. It had a mag failure during a low steep turn and Ken had saved weight by leaving out dual ignition! On TV news he climbed out of the remains and waved to show that he wasn’t bent. I’d have loved a spin in a gyro especially in one of the original 1930s Juan de la Cierva types with a radial engine in front.
Ken Wallis was a real Gentleman. I saw him give a Lecture about a year before he passed away. In the interval he was introduced to a very elderly Lady who husband was in RNZAF she was married to was killed on a bombing raid WW2. Ken Wallis sat with her held her hand, and listened. They do not make men like him anymore, a real honour to have met him.
Sir, have you, by any chance, flown with Jim Martin in Saluda, SC in 1990? I was working hard on my CFI rating at that time and there were a few students from UK logging some hours on Hughes 269 A. Jimmy had learnt the word "dicey" from you guys and he enjoyed using it! Jimmy left us in 1997 when a new guy from "up North" showed up in Saluda with his own Bell-47 (a terrible chopper that Jimmy and I despised without remorse) and asked Jimmy to help him pass his commercial license. Unfortunately, Jimmy agreed to be his instructor on that machine, and on their first flight they crashed in the forest, 2 miles from the airport, instantly starting a huge fire. The reasons for the crash are unknown. The bodies were not identifiable except for the ID tag that Jimmy had kept from his stint in the USMC. I miss him to this day.
Curious what the range and cruise speed is of these things. I used to fly paramotors. Can you take off with the pre-rotator? I've also hear of gyros with braking on the rotor and small wings to allow a faster cruising speed - is this a thing?
Just saw the video and have questions. 1-what is the weight capacity to get the certificate for it. 2-How long can one of tbbem fly on one tank of gas gojng from gliding to motor and back.3- What meds disqualifies you from getting the certificate.
"You wouldn't see an R22 instructor being quite this relaxed on a student's first flight" - you can say that again! Watching your descent around the 7 minute mark & PFL around 8:30 was pretty amazing. I had assumed you'd need to be spending a lot more effort managing RRPM but it seemed like such a non-event?
Steve took me for a flight a few years back and I really enjoyed it though being fixed orientated I found the rotors spinning really odd! Also told him about micheldever fuel dump! Tempted to go for another flight!
People who scoff at gyroplanes don't really understand the concept! I am not talking about the theory, or how you fly them, I am talking about WHY you fly them, and that is because they are fun! They don't fly fast and they don't fly far, but you can pootle about in a gyro, 500 feet up, looking down on the world and taking aviation back 70 years when it was simple and nobody bothered you. The modern gyro is comfortable, well equipped and safe. If you really must use it to go anywhere serious, (rather than popping over to the next airfield for a rather expensive hamburger) then it will fly about as far as your bladder will allow and it will handle any reasonable weather you might chance upon on the way. You wont do it quickly, but as a relaxing way to travel they are hard to beat!
What you have to remember is that there are few gyrocopters registered compared to the number of fix wing aircraft and the surveys of accident rate are conducted over many years. For instance, one study shows 384 crashes, but that is between 1983 and now, so over about 41 years! Forty years ago, gyrocopters were mainly home designed or built from kits, the quality of construction, the level of training , and the standard of maintenance were all questionable. The engine choices were limited and those that were available were far les reliable than the four/stroke Rotax engines that power the professionally built Gyrocopters of today. That was if they had an engine at all, many were simply towed into the air on a rope, behind a car, so a missed approach or refused landing was not an option. That tends to skew the statistics. Many older aircraft had very little in the way of protection, being basically a beam, with the seat mounted on it and a rotor mast and engine, if any, strapped on behind. Any significant accident was likely to be fatal, and many were! Not so today. Professionally built gyrocopters are now certified aircraft, built to a high standard and very safe.
I wish I could try it one day, what I'm afraid of are the rotor blades, probably because I don't know enough about the subject, don't understand that they can hold up, think that there must be a lot of stress on them, they have to lift a lot in a small area right inside the attachment point. ink helicopter blades that lift many tons... I know that the centrifugal force also helps to stiffen the blades, I think they will behave like a bicycle wheel that you spin and hold in your hand, it would preferably be vertical or horizontal. maybe there is someone who can explain it to me, someone who really has an understanding of gyro technology... I could easily make the rest of the machine myself if it was. it's quite simple machinery .. then there's the rotax motor, which everyone says is the best .. I could point to many other motors that would be useful, yes I know boxers are more horizontally stable and powerful, but that's a different matter subject best GKI
Your English is very englished But I'll chalk it up to the gyro noise 😅 who needs to understand your instructions to see how much fun you're having . Good show mate..
My Mother was semi romantically involved (more of a schoolgirl crush) with Cierva as a result of Grandad's factory being a supplier of specialised steel components. Had many trips in the Weir devolpements.when the family took holidays on the south coast.
Hilarious, helicopter pilots looking at Gyro's like fixed wing pilots and people in general look at Helicopters, and the general public dont know the difference, its all the same... xD
Well, you certainly flew with the most experienced instructor! I tried a tandem enclosed Calidus type. I really didn't like the heavy controls and I was alarmed at the t/o run required (as we were on a farm strip). It rotates early enough but you must hold it close the the runway - this is for for building speed, not to wave at a photographer! If you attempt to climb with insufficient speed, it will roll over, uncommanded. Lands on a sixpence, but the t/o run put me off.
You do get quite comfortable flying in ground effect while building speed to climb speed. Also, takeoffs are optional, landings are compulsory. Nothing lands better than a gyro.
Gyroplanes today are ABNORMAL. Dela Cierva's original invention can land softly without any forward speed at all. Just like a slow elevator. Gyros today cannot do that anymore. So basically there's no advantage over airplanes.
This is BS, you have a simpler rotor system, and no tail rotor, but you have a propeller. You need just about same HP as a chopper, you cannot hover and use basically the same amount of runway or more than a good STOL plane (Z750) , yes I know some have the jump take off option and you do not fly any faster or father. No wonder gyros are not popular. I don't see any in the US Army.
Gyro are not more efficient then helos but they are mechanically simpler and not prone as failure like helis... Just the gearbox Onan heli is a nightmare...this part fail and you most of the time die....
Private pilot, 2,000 hours fixed wing here. I have been interested in gyros for a very long time. The advantages I see them, in comparison to fixed wing sport flying, are greatly improved emergency landing capability and safety, wonderful visibility, and greatly decreased ownership costs, especially storage. In comparison to a helicopter.. ? The gyro is much safer, and forget about owning a helicopter unless you are very well to do.. and forget about renting one unless you are very well to do and afforded the extensive hours flown before anyone would insure you.
It's amazing how stable gyroplanes are. It's really incredible.
If there was ever a video to promote Steve Boxall as a perfect Gyro instructor this is it. I've been following Gyros for decades -- would love to fly one. OH to be able to afford a new MAGNI..... BRILLIANT demo of a fabulous craft.
Great job, Steve!
Delighted that Rachel's eyes have now been opened to the joy of gyro flight.
Fixed wing and R-22 pilot here, thanks for taking me for my first ride in a gyro. Interesting to absorb all the differences.
I'm a helicopter, as well as fixed wing pilot who flies gyros. They are very fun and very safe and like any other aircraft require the proper instruction for safe operation. When I compare gyros to helicopters I say they are 90% of the fun for 10% of the cost.
What are the 3 best Gyros on the market?
Seems great for new flyers.
Which have the longest range?
How much do you spend on flight time each month lol
I am learning to fly gyros, (the aircraft I'm learning on is an MTO2017), and I can confirm that they are fantastic to fly, I've done 30 minutes in a Cavalon, and what I found is that, although it was no bigger, the fact that the cockpit was side-by-side, instead of tandem,(which I am used to), the cavalon seemed much larger, I'm almost ready to go solo, and hope to eventually qualify as an instructor, I'm glad to see that you enjoyed your flight, and hope that you are inspired to continue with gyros, take care, all the best from Scotland, Stephen.
It's not a fixed wing It's not a helicopter, Fly it like a Gyroplane and you'll do fine - Looks fun. 45+ years helicopter guy here
That was excellent. I'm really impressed by the handling of that gyro. Thank you for posting the video.
Your videography method of speeding up the video while maintaining the voice is amazing. I wish others would do this. It makes the experience so seamless.
I'd love the chance to fly in of those.
The look on your face spoke volumes.
Thanks for the video.
If you ever get the opportunity, don't pass it up. I was trained to fly fixed wing at the age of 12 and loved them. But when I was 14 ,we lived in North Carolina, and Igor Benson used to fly over our house a lot. And I thought I'd love to do that. Well, I got my first ride in one at the age of 68. I had so much fun I took lessons. I'd been in love with them all my life, and now I'm wishing I'd fulfilled my dream decades ago. So much fun!
Rachel has NOT STOPPED smiling and will Dream about flying Gyro's all night long ! ! ! ! !
As a high time Vietnam helicopter pilot, I am highly impressed with the gyro copters but totally shocked by the sticker price. I am also an A&P mechanic and can't figure out how something so simple can cost so much. Thought I might go that route but the cost is just too ridiculously high. At those prices, I might as well by a four place airplane. If you want to sell more gyros, you have to sell more. So, lower the cost! Or else kiss it all bye bye. Having "fun" can't justify the cost.
Can't agree more! EAA and GA are totally dead unless you're rich or want to have 10 partner owners of a 65 year old plane. Wasn't the entire point of gyros and experimental to be cheap and open to everyone? When I was in Civil Air Patrol as a kid I could get lessons for about $4000 student to private. Now days at the same airport they want $38k all said and done. After spending that much for training, you'd then have to spend another $30k or more for an airplane half a century old and hope it didn't need repairs. A few old pilots gave me the best advice ever.....Build a little plane, do basic handling training, and go flying. What are they gonna do...pull you over?
I would guess it comes down to two things: 1) it’s a niche market with little economy of scale, 2) even unpowered, there is engineering complexity involved with having fast-rotating airfoils.
Joyful to watch. She's impressed; I can tell. 😌
Great video! I’ve always been intrigued but haven’t tried flying one yet, but this has me thinking. I assume Rachel has gone straight home and starting scouting Afors for her own aircraft?!
I did an experience flight in that gyro with Steve a few years ago. It was great fun - incredibly stable compared to a light aeroplane
Having flown both fixed and rotary wing a/c, I have never been in a gyro and although interested, have remained sceptical of how they fly. This video did the most to satisfy me that they are great aircraft for their intended purpose. Thank you.
Glad you saw the light, Lady. I went through the same path, being a helicopter CFI. Now I'm hooked to the M-24! Welcome aboard.
But I'd like to add that you must be a damn good chopper pilot because you handled that Magni beautifully.
I had to turn on the captions because it was too much of a battle to figure out what was being said with the audio and the radio at the same volume level. I kept looking to see if I had two youtube videos running at the same time. Otherwise, very instructive.
I first flew in a gyro over 10 years ago, I couldn’t believe how much fun it was and how so much of what I thought I knew about gyros was incorrect. 500 P1 hours later, it’s still a load of fun!
I recall seeing one on display that has ramjet engines on the rotor tips and a moped engine.
Wow, that looked great.
Far beyond the days of Ken Wallis and Little Nelly. I've never really considered gyroplanes before but with all that visibility, stability and redundancy it's almost a no brainer. The modern cockpit is a plus.
I wouldn't fly with her. When he said to release controls, she didn't. He had to ask twice.
I think this is the most interesting and useful 'inro to gyros' I have seen. Could it be followed by a more geeky look at how they differ from heli-chopters technically. Also interesting and useful summary when it comes to the lifestyle or mission of fixed vs. heli vs. gyro.
Autogiro is in autorotation mode all the time...which means the airflow direction is from bottom to the topside...lift vector is tilted back...if no thrust then it glides...you manipulate ascent-level-glide by adding changing thrust... there is no pitch control of blades just changing the "disc angle"
A heli has 3 modes of operation: 1 powered mode so the flow direction is from top to bottom...2 powered-high descend dangerous mode is with power on and high descent rate at a certain angle...3 if no power then the pilot has to transition into autorotation mode, there is a pitch/cyclic control so changing pitch via swashplate will alter the lift vector direction or create any "disc angle" It needs constant piloting on all axis controls plus the cyclic plus the power setting...
Heavy controls are just a Magni gyro thing. They are very heavy handling. Other gyroplanes aren't like that. It is the rotor blade chordwise balance in front of 1/4 chord that mainly produces that heaviness. It makes it harder to change direction and many people confuse that with stability but what they mean is they aren't going to overcontrol it which is sometimes a problem for pilots switching from GA airplanes like a Cessna 182 or Cherokee 180 to a light gyroplane.
The Gyroplane is the Buzz Lightyear of aircraft, "That's not flying, it's just falling, with style!"
They're closer to the "best of both worlds".
I flew from popham with Steve, I thoroughly enjoyed it and Steve was incredible. I then flew my boring fixed wing home 😃 I was amazed how manoeuvre able they are, and I would much rather suffer an engine failure in a gyro than in my plane. (With Steve flying!) thanks Steve, great vid.
Steve Boxall top instructor. Great video and bringing back memories of learning to fly a gyro with Steve 👍
Thanks 👍
Years ago, when I was doing my PPL at Shipdham, Ken Wallis invited me to go flying with him in a gyro. Unfortunately I never got to take up the invite, and I've always regretted it. This looks great fun!
I was in the club bar during one of our airshows and missed Ken wreck one of his machines. It had a mag failure during a low steep turn and Ken had saved weight by leaving out dual ignition! On TV news he climbed out of the remains and waved to show that he wasn’t bent. I’d have loved a spin in a gyro especially in one of the original 1930s Juan de la Cierva types with a radial engine in front.
Ken Wallis was a real Gentleman.
I saw him give a Lecture about a year before he passed away.
In the interval he was introduced to a very elderly Lady who husband was in RNZAF she was married to was killed on a bombing raid WW2.
Ken Wallis sat with her held her hand, and listened.
They do not make men like him anymore, a real honour to have met him.
Sir, have you, by any chance, flown with Jim Martin in Saluda, SC in 1990? I was working hard on my CFI rating at that time and there were a few students from UK logging some hours on Hughes 269 A.
Jimmy had learnt the word "dicey" from you guys and he enjoyed using it!
Jimmy left us in 1997 when a new guy from "up North" showed up in Saluda with his own Bell-47 (a terrible chopper that Jimmy and I despised without remorse) and asked Jimmy to help him pass his commercial license. Unfortunately, Jimmy agreed to be his instructor on that machine, and on their first flight they crashed in the forest, 2 miles from the airport, instantly starting a huge fire.
The reasons for the crash are unknown.
The bodies were not identifiable except for the ID tag that Jimmy had kept from his stint in the USMC.
I miss him to this day.
I like the gyrocopter !!! Wish I could have one.... Happy flying!
Curious what the range and cruise speed is of these things. I used to fly paramotors. Can you take off with the pre-rotator? I've also hear of gyros with braking on the rotor and small wings to allow a faster cruising speed - is this a thing?
Just saw the video and have questions. 1-what is the weight capacity to get the certificate for it. 2-How long can one of tbbem fly on one tank of gas gojng from gliding to motor and back.3- What meds disqualifies you from getting the certificate.
Fantastic Demo......Great Job Guys!
Interesting I’m a ATPL helicopter pilot and never had an interest in Gyros this has changed my perspective. Maybe when I retire
"You wouldn't see an R22 instructor being quite this relaxed on a student's first flight" - you can say that again!
Watching your descent around the 7 minute mark & PFL around 8:30 was pretty amazing. I had assumed you'd need to be spending a lot more effort managing RRPM but it seemed like such a non-event?
So pleased to see G-IROX flying again!
Incredibly executed but I was extremely nervous, For her final answer.
Steve took me for a flight a few years back and I really enjoyed it though being fixed orientated I found the rotors spinning really odd! Also told him about micheldever fuel dump! Tempted to go for another flight!
Which radio frequency were you listening to? The chatter seemed potentially just background noise and potentially a distraction for no gain.
It would have been Popham Radio. The editing didn't play that recording in real time.
If you're going to fly a gyro the m24's are luxury. I fly them too. Lovely aircraft especially the injected turbo ones.
I'm thinking which one would I prefer to sit in if the engine died, definitely gyro, even if helicopters can also land on auto rotation
Not seeing a collective is freaking me out. (All my time is in helicopters).
How about a video with a gyro-pilot trying to fly a helicopter?
If I make some disparaging comments about gyros or helicopters, can I have a free ride?
Be great if the video and audio lined up and the radio were completely muted unless there is active communication happening.
Jus sayin.
Brilliant . I want one. Great video. Was like being in a rear seat. (A Sea Kayaker)
People who scoff at gyroplanes don't really understand the concept! I am not talking about the theory, or how you fly them, I am talking about WHY you fly them, and that is because they are fun! They don't fly fast and they don't fly far, but you can pootle about in a gyro, 500 feet up, looking down on the world and taking aviation back 70 years when it was simple and nobody bothered you. The modern gyro is comfortable, well equipped and safe. If you really must use it to go anywhere serious, (rather than popping over to the next airfield for a rather expensive hamburger) then it will fly about as far as your bladder will allow and it will handle any reasonable weather you might chance upon on the way. You wont do it quickly, but as a relaxing way to travel they are hard to beat!
25 years and still alive
He should of loosened the joystick for her, it was too stiff for her to relax on it😊
When your wife buys you one of these, don't be surprised when you see your best friend riding around in her car😊
I am always fascinated by Gyrocopters but am always aware of the incident rate, not good per hours flown.
What you have to remember is that there are few gyrocopters registered compared to the number of fix wing aircraft and the surveys of accident rate are conducted over many years. For instance, one study shows 384 crashes, but that is between 1983 and now, so over about 41 years! Forty years ago, gyrocopters were mainly home designed or built from kits, the quality of construction, the level of training , and the standard of maintenance were all questionable. The engine choices were limited and those that were available were far les reliable than the four/stroke Rotax engines that power the professionally built Gyrocopters of today. That was if they had an engine at all, many were simply towed into the air on a rope, behind a car, so a missed approach or refused landing was not an option. That tends to skew the statistics. Many older aircraft had very little in the way of protection, being basically a beam, with the seat mounted on it and a rotor mast and engine, if any, strapped on behind. Any significant accident was likely to be fatal, and many were! Not so today. Professionally built gyrocopters are now certified aircraft, built to a high standard and very safe.
Wow If there are gyros in New Zealand I must learn to fly one here and then use a Gyro in my search fir the Dragonfly
Il Magni giro e da 40 anni il top di gamma anche se è il più copiato l'originale resta sempre il migliore al mondo
How much is that gyrocopter, is it above 50k
*_"...and it's a great way of scaring airplane pilots as well"_*
🤭🤭🤭
I wish I could try it one day, what I'm afraid of are the rotor blades, probably because I don't know enough about the subject, don't understand that they can hold up, think that there must be a lot of stress on them, they have to lift a lot in a small area right inside the attachment point. ink helicopter blades that lift many tons... I know that the centrifugal force also helps to stiffen the blades, I think they will behave like a bicycle wheel that you spin and hold in your hand, it would preferably be vertical or horizontal. maybe there is someone who can explain it to me, someone who really has an understanding of gyro technology... I could easily make the rest of the machine myself if it was. it's quite simple machinery .. then there's the rotax motor, which everyone says is the best .. I could point to many other motors that would be useful, yes I know boxers are more horizontally stable and powerful, but that's a different matter subject best GKI
Rachel is so very clever.
Eck anyone would think you are launching the space shuttle if it was still being used that is .
Interesting that many I know take up to 90 hours to get Licensed , even ex PPL's
How much for a lesson?
So when are they going to make an electric gyro plane?
After you have mined the cobalt with your hands.
She seems like she has trouble understanding how to squeeze a handle and then let go. 🤔 This may not be for her...
Brilliant video
Excellent vid!
Great video and hopefully another gyrocopter convert.
Who make this particular model ?
Magni - www.magnigyro.it/en
Your English is very englished
But I'll chalk it up to the gyro noise 😅 who needs to understand your instructions to see how much fun you're having . Good show mate..
My Mother was semi romantically involved (more of a schoolgirl crush) with Cierva as a result of Grandad's factory being a supplier of specialised steel components. Had many trips in the Weir devolpements.when the family took holidays on the south coast.
fabulous thankyou
25 years......😂😂😂
It still is the worst of both worlds in some ways, but the best of both in others, I want one
I believe insurance is high. Why
very good informative flightclass a pity i am not allowed anymore to fly ♿️♿️🤬🤬
Hilarious, helicopter pilots looking at Gyro's like fixed wing pilots and people in general look at Helicopters, and the general public dont know the difference, its all the same... xD
Just another comment to that I've just liked and subbed.
Gyroplanes have a lot of potential but they need to get further than an expensive toy...
Ken Wallis beat you to it by about 60 years. Google him up and be amazed.
Well, you certainly flew with the most experienced instructor! I tried a tandem enclosed Calidus type. I really didn't like the heavy controls and I was alarmed at the t/o run required (as we were on a farm strip). It rotates early enough but you must hold it close the the runway - this is for for building speed, not to wave at a photographer! If you attempt to climb with insufficient speed, it will roll over, uncommanded. Lands on a sixpence, but the t/o run put me off.
They do not roll after takeoff, if you too slow they just sink back in the direction of the stick. If you turn they will sink quicker but no roll.
You do get quite comfortable flying in ground effect while building speed to climb speed. Also, takeoffs are optional, landings are compulsory. Nothing lands better than a gyro.
Brilliant
Very cool 👌🏼
Do gyroplanes serve any commercial roles?
I'm not aware of any outside of flight training, at least not in the UK
@@FLYERTV I hope there are at least a few people using them for surveying or commuting.
I believe if you do a search, you will find certain LEO's using them. There are Ag. applications like crop-dusting...
What ......no collective bro!!!
she want's to grap collective🤣🤣and power
Awesome I want one anyone want a swap for a 2020 Porsche targa in showroom condition with 3700 miles on it 😂😜😝
I think she is very Beautiful
wow
Need
Gyroplanes today are ABNORMAL. Dela Cierva's original invention can land softly without any forward speed at all. Just like a slow elevator. Gyros today cannot do that anymore. So basically there's no advantage over airplanes.
Flyer, could you try and use the name gyroplane as that is correct. Gyrocopter is misleading and made up to sell a brand
Why does anything to do with aviation bring out the anal is people. Gyrocopter, Gyroplane or Autogyro! It doesn't matter.😂
gyro plane
cool
Car driver tries to race a motorbike ... YAWN. seriously?
Eh? I missed the car and the motorbike.
This is BS, you have a simpler rotor system, and no tail rotor, but you have a propeller. You need just about same HP as a chopper, you cannot hover and use basically the same amount of runway or more than a good STOL plane (Z750) , yes I know some have the jump take off option and you do not fly any faster or father. No wonder gyros are not popular. I don't see any in the US Army.
They cost quite a bit less than helicopters, and since when is the US Army the decider for fun aircraft?
Gyro are not more efficient then helos but they are mechanically simpler and not prone as failure like helis... Just the gearbox Onan heli is a nightmare...this part fail and you most of the time die....
@@honumoorea873 If I want simple , I get a Zenith 750. Same performance, and it stalls with no air speed indication on the steam gauge.
Private pilot, 2,000 hours fixed wing here. I have been interested in gyros for a very long time. The advantages I see them, in comparison to fixed wing sport flying, are greatly improved emergency landing capability and safety, wonderful visibility, and greatly decreased ownership costs, especially storage. In comparison to a helicopter.. ? The gyro is much safer, and forget about owning a helicopter unless you are very well to do.. and forget about renting one unless you are very well to do and afforded the extensive hours flown before anyone would insure you.
what if u hit a bird?
The gyrocopter carries the same weight as a small airplane