First Gyrocopter Flight Oshkosh 2022 - Cavalon 915iS by AutoGyro
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2022
- After trying the Air Cam at Oshkosh 2018, Tigre gets to try the Cavalon 915 iS gyroplane.
Cierva Aero of Petaluma, CA had a booth at the light sport aircraft section at Oshkosh 2022. They were offering demo rides in the AutoGyro Cavalon 915 iS, a Rotax powered 141 horsepower gyrocopter that seats two.
Watch Rich's first Gyroplane flight here: • First Gyroplane Flight...
The Catalan offers a blend of airplane and helicopter. The rotor acts as the wing with the propeller creating thrust. By having a rotorblade pilots are given agility and landing capabilites similar to a helicopter. Since the rotor blade is autorotating, it can’t offer vertical takeoffs or landings, but depending on winds the gyroplane can land in spaces the size of a tennis court with skilled operation.
While the ride was short (about 15 minutes) I could definitely see the fun in learning to fly one.
We are currently learning how to fly these gyrocopters at Adventure Air in Chino, CA. If you’re in the Southwest, considder visiting them for a demo flight.
Thanks to Cierva.Aero for flying us around Oshkosh.
Learn more about the AutoGyro Cavalon here: www.auto-gyro.com/en/
Visit Cierva Aero to explore their offerings: www.cierva.aero/
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Thanks for flying with us! We actually had someone come in talking about how much they enjoyed your video today.
It was a nice flight in a very cool aircraft. We are glad that they enjoyed the video, and perhaps it will encourage others to fly one.
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W❤️W! Cheers for more awesome and incredible flights!🥂❤️✨
More to come! We've been busy with a moving homes, flying our clients, and Tigre completing his Commercial ASEL add on.
Great review! I’m a tall guy myself and I liked seeing the review related to your height.
It was one of our concerns. I'm 6'2" and Tigre around 6''6". With just a few minutes you can move the seat back and it was comfortable for our flighs.
.. ENTERTAINING .. INFORMATIVE .. FUN TO FOLLOW ALONG .. NICE SHARP VIDEO & EXCELLENT NARRATION .. 😇🙏👍
Thanks ,we hope to have more gyrocopter videos up this spring!
I do like gyroplanes for several reasons, but one issue I have is the cruising speed for most is low. Research I've done shows the fastest gyro's out there cruise around 100mph. Would love to see a manufacturer crack the 120mph cruise speed. I already understand the limitations of rotors on gyros and why there are speed limitations.
Yes, long range cruise is a challenge at those low speeds. At least fuel burn is low and it's mostly a straight line? 😜 It would be cool to see improvements for top speed happen.
@@PersonalWings I'm with you... I'm no expert at rotors, but seems it would have to be redesigned to compensate/balance for the higher speeds... I don't know if that means more pitch for the retreating blade or what, but if they did that it might introduce other problems.
@@davidc5027 The problem with rotor blades is not retreating blade stall (there are options there - namely fly smaller lower pitched rotors) the real reason is to fly fast you need to have progressively shallower and shallower disk angles. In light gyros Ken Wallis still probably holds the record with 130mph. But it was a special little aircraft. 19 ft blades (from memory) adjustable stab at the back to hold the frame level at those speeds and little canards at the front to assist in holding the nose flat. I believe he also had a worm drive fitted to the offset on the head to adjust the offset at lower disk angles. And his blades (made of wood and steel construction steel spar and wood spar and skins) were set probably at zero degrees angle of incidence.
That machine was very light too about 116kg. compared to this with fuel closer to 400kg. Thus these machines need much bigger rotors and usually have far too high an angle set on the rotors. So these particular machines aren't as good at low speeds as the older gyros or any faster. My old VW flew easily at 80mph and I knew guys who flew similar machines (open framed) at over 100mph. But this isn't safe. I avoided speeds over 80mph because at such speeds your disk angle is quite low. When this low an over zealous pilot only has to push a little too hard forward (say after being hit by a large updraft) and instead of leaving it all alone they can then accidentally push the disk over so the airflow is no longer coming from below but is now reversed coming from above. You have maybe 2 seconds for the blades to stop. Depending on geometry you may actually fly the tail right through the rotors at the same time but once these blades have stopped you are somewhat screwed either way, how do you recover when there is no lift produced to move the aircraft?
So while many of these machines might be capable of say flying at 110mph/120mph you are flying in a very dangerous zone of flight. One that cannot be recovered from. I love gyros and I don't care they are not really cross country machines (although Ken Wallis flew one of his for 7 hours straight at over 100mph and landed with fuel still in the extended tank).
Myself I find cross country flying quite boring in a gyro as there is literally nothing to do. Gyros because of the teeter hinge self compensate for any difference in lift so a properly set up gyro if it hits lift under one side more than the other won't lift a wing the rotor will more lift will teeter up and push the other down trading angles and keeping lift equal across the disk. Likewise with pitch (if you leave the stick alone and have downthrust on the engine). They also are very high wing loading and the full effect of a thermal is not instant as the blades have to accelerate so sudden updrafts are more progressive and less violent than fixed wings. So the effect is you fly a gyro by NOT flying the gyro but leaving it largely alone. Most mild to moderate turbulence you won't feel and even if you do you don't need to do anything about it. Thus if you fly with an ultralight or trike you'll see them actively flying while you are hands and feet off the controls and can't even feel anything other than still air. So cross country is just point x degrees for x amount of time do a turn (which is feather light pressure on the stick and rudder) and then point another direction for x amount of time. Boring. I'd rather trailer my gyro to a new location then put on the rotors (10-15 minute operation in a light gyro) and your flying.
If you want to go fast buy an RV 8 or similar. If you want real performance, build a light single seater keep it under 130kg empty weight (you can get them down to 100kg) put on short rotors 20-22ft and you'll have a pocket rocket that will fly in any conditions (once you are properly experienced) and can turn quicker than anything out there. This is Wallis's machines performing. this machine is 20 .4 ft rotors 116kg noisy but look at it go. ua-cam.com/video/TkSdn26d0Iw/v-deo.html from about 9:20 takeoff and flight. That's performance.
If you like speed, stick to the airplane, Gyroplane never was meant for speed. Gyro is a very dragging machine and flies like a kite, needs air to go to the blade to spin it. The faster you fly the blade becomes to be flatter and eventually goes under, and you crash without recovery
Sadly, at least in the US, AutoGyro is reserved for those with large amounts of disposable income. I’m a long time private pilot, aircraft owner, who currently owns a 2018 LSA. Looked into purchasing a Calidus AG. The insurance was the KILLER! What a shame.
They definitely are not an inexpensive aircraft, but are well designed and fun to fly. Aircraft insurance has been a challenge in various aspects of aviation, especially sea planes and amphibous aircraft (in the light aircraft segments). We operate several different aircraft models and each year spend a lot of time dealing with incurance policies. Good luck with your choices!
Back in 2017, I was looking at purchasing a SEAREY. While taking some demo flights in MD, I was. Introduced to the AutoGyro and had a flight in one. As you said, insurance rates for both were, in my estimation, exorbitant. This purchase was to be my retirement gift to myself. I’ve owned 3 other aircraft over the years, so this wasn’t my first rodeo. I decided it was prudent to stay with what served me well in the past, so anther tri-cycled AC it is.
@@da20eclipse I haven't flown the SEAREY but have flown the Icon A5 a number of times (including yesterday around San Diego) and love it. The LSAs are nice for local fun flying, and the gyros and amphib a specialized version - the latter is great if you live around a lot of water! Insurance is high for some of these, at least for the first year. It tends to go down afterwards, but it is hard to beat the tri-cycle gear birds for ease of insurance.
Любимая рубрика во всём этом техническом великолепии,когда вдруг:. "..,что то пошло не таааакккк...🤯😠😱🤪". 👍😀
Нам всегда нужно делать вид, что что-то ПОЛУЧИТСЯ не так!
Dobra, ale nie pokazaliście startu maszyny, nic nie wiemy o uprawnieniach, jakie są wymagane, czy miejsce pilota jest po lewej. prawej czy po obu stronach i nie mam jasności czy są tam trzy, cztery czy ostatecznie tylko dwa niejsca?
Translation: Okay, but you didn't show the start of the machine, we don't know anything about the permissions that are required, whether the pilot's seat is on the left. right or both sides and I'm not clear if there are three, four or ultimately only two places?
Response: This flight wasn't meant to show all aspects of flying gyroplanes - it was our first flight. FAA ratings (permissions) are varied, it depends whether you want to fly it under a Sport Pilot License or Private / Commercial. The pilot generally sits on the right, however you can fly from both seats. This model has two seats in total. Our other videos may be helpful as well.
Ten lot nie miał na celu pokazania wszystkich aspektów latania wiatrakowcami - to był nasz pierwszy lot. Oceny (uprawnienia) FAA są różne, zależy to od tego, czy chcesz latać na licencji pilota sportowego, czy prywatnie/komercyjnie. Pilot zwykle siedzi po prawej stronie, jednak możesz latać z obu miejsc. Ten model ma łącznie dwa siedzenia. Pomocne mogą być również inne nasze filmy.
The majority of countries have the driver seated on the left side of ground vehicles.
Airborne vehicles should be configured the same way, seated on the left side.
John, I've see a variety of reasons for rotorcraft pilots sitting on the right. One reason is the cyclic, since most people are right-handed it is easier for those folks - who knows. I'm ambidextrous so I don't care - although the left would be nice for a change :) I'm a flight instructor so I don't care which seat I'm flying from, as long as it is up front!
I really like these but I could never fly one due to the vibration of the stick im disabled with a nervous system problem and i cant handle any vibrations at all
It does vibrate more than an airplane. I would suggest you look into flying an LSA airplane, which would be smoother.
How much does this Cavalon cost?
I think this specific one is for sale. Asking around $157k-160k. New versions vary considerably depending upon options and exchange rates. One we are currently evaluating is $190K USD, with a number of avionics for night VFR etc.
@@PersonalWings you can build a small single seater for 1/10th the cost.
@@cameronlapworth2284 You can build many things for less cost, and then you're only in a single seater. :(
@PersonalWings well you can build a two seater as well although more expensive you need a minimum 65hp something like a rotax 583 but not terribly reliable. My instructor built a two seater using chrome molly for the frame for about $35000. Most of that was the $24000 for the rotax 912s engine (at the time) his weighted 180kg empty weight. Very reliable. Need to have the skills though. When battery technology improves we'll have more viable options albeit shorter range at least at first. My back of the envelope calculations show that once we hot 500wh/kg batteries we could have a single seater that could fly 30min + at full power. So 3/4 of an hour or more in the air. Electric motors are very light around 12kg for up to 70hp 1 moving part. We're a few years from that but factories are being made to make batteries with that energy density now. Other chemistries of around 800wh/kg have been demonstrated in the lab but are probably 5-8 years away. They would give with a 50kg battery (replacement for 503 engine and fuel) 1 hour full power so getting closer to 1.5 + hours flying time. Again not a cross country machine but more than I'd need most blokes typically fly for about 40 minutes on average.
@@cameronlapworth2284 awesome suggestions and info! electric batteries will certainly change the toy space for vehicles such as gyrocopters.
Gyroplane or Autogyro
why not both!? j/k gyroplane is the FAA term. AutoGyro is the manufacturer of the Cavalon. The first version was called an autogyro and invented by Juan de la Cierva with a first flight in 1923.
Autogiro was the original name, gyrocopter was what Bensen called his model and others use gyroplane or giroplane. Take your pick.
Work on sound balance please.
As in balance of music to dialogue? More info helps so we can improve.
@@PersonalWings Turn music(Noise) off. Most of us would like to hear the gyro, and voice. It is hard to make a decision on what gyro might be the best when all we have to go on is the sound of cyber disco noise.
@@44WillysMB OK. Will play with various treatments in the future.
@@PersonalWings music to dialog. could actually turn music off or way down.
It's not pronounced sick lick.
It Is a Gyro Plane, not a Gyrocopter. Please learn the history of Gyro Plane.
Appreciate the reminder!
It's not pronounced a sick lick.
nice,,,, 6'6'',, wrong hobby , flying is for short ppl lol
It is actually one of the airplanes that Tigre can fit! We have found that aircraft manufacturers don't always design cockpit for taller pilots - the Phenom series is a case in point - very tight flightdeck
Make sure you check out ELA GYROS
they seem cool. we like the side-by-side seating of the Cavalon a little better. know what the Eclipse Evo sells for?