You put unbelievable faith into your equipment there man, I mean Ive run off mountains with expired parachutes attached to homemade harnesses for fun with complete confidence but pushing a gyro like this is seriously next level - most amazing of all is the lifting ability of this gyro to carry such big cahoonas
Yes I think its a pretty powerful two stroke around 100hp. Carry some pretty big balls with a light high hp engine. I think he's wearing shorts to keep em cool, they must be that active they'd ignite or explode if kept in trousers. Brave man.
There's just something about going inverted in an open cockpit with a spinning blade just a foot away from your skull that makes the anus pucker. Never seen gryocopter acrobatics, cool shit dude.
I've seen countless flight videos, and the spectacular means humans have concocted to move through the air-from seeing suits to rockets. This video I randomly came across is the most epic video I have ever seen. I am blown away. You are one with your machine.
TRUE about being 110% in tune with his machine! First time I saw his "show" - I covered my eyes, many times believing "This would not end well"!! - after several conversations with him & looking over his highly modified gyro ...and watching many of his displays since ..I have utmost respect! Although I fear others with far less skills may try to emulate such advanced maneuvers WITH-OUT the proper aerobatic FEEL & knowledge!
Nice video. I hope Barry will be at Bensen Days 2023. I've done some gyro flying with my friend Greg Spicola over the years but just recently decided to get my gyro license. I'm the very lucky winner of the recent PRA raffle of the single seat Dominator. I'm also very lucky that I live in Tampa Florida and have a wealth of knowledgeable and experienced gyro guys at my fingertips. Can't wait for Bensen Days 2023.
This statement is so false. I did a lot of crazy stuff when I was younger……I’m still alive. But I do admit I lost a lot pf friends along the way….but the vast majority of us did survive.
I'm surprised he can get off the ground with balls that big. That's the most dangerous thing I've ever seen and he's doing it effortlessly . My hat is off for him!
Anything that can be flown this way, hundreds of hours to 'get it right' in practice, and the operator is still alive to perform it seemingly effortlessly... Convinces me that these machines are not 'flimsy death traps'. Knowing the physics and being 'connected' with the machine may have something to do with it.. LOL. Awesome video Gerald.
That was an interesting view of Barry doing his stuff. As always a great routine to watch, seemingly effortless and way beyond what most gyro pilots will...or should attempt. Barry is certainly in a class of his own when it comes to this sort of a display. A few come close, Greg Spicola is one Roy Davis another, then that gent who was doing Lawn Dart impressions with the new ELA at Bensen Days...which I believe did catch Barry's attention when he went along for a ride.🙂. Great flying Barry. Unique view Gerald.
Greg is a good friend of mine. After seeing Barry at Bensen Days this year I asked Greg if he could do all of those stunts. He said yes but, why. Had me laughing for a few minutes.
Some people are not gyro people so it does look intimidating or more dangerous than it really is. Etc. Also, this pilot can fly airplanes in a similar way.
@@GyroGerald Yes, there are a lot of gyrocopters in Russia, but mostly they are heavy. Because we use car engines more often. In Russia, a gyroplane is more often used for work and not for entertainment. Especially in winter, when all water bodies freeze and you can easily land or take off from any lake or river. You can catch one fish weighing 15-20 kg. And sometimes more. And also use the delivery and rest. But in our country, few people post their videos on UA-cam because they fly almost illegally. In our country, no one controls and does not look after small aircraft, the main thing is not to fly in, not to fly over closed objects. Of all the American channels, yours is the most spectacular, but the only thing I would like is more comments From you.
@@КонрадКарлович-ъ3я what types of work are gyros used for in Russia? That's very interesting. Here in Australia they are sometimes used for mustering animals on large properties.
@@omeobandit9928 1. First of all used for elite fishing in winter. When lakes and rivers freeze in the distant wilderness. Ice is a comfortable flat airfield. They fly very far from settlements and catch very large fish. 2. Used to deliver fuel, medicine, products to hard-to-reach places. Gold Miners Hunters Foresters and many others. A few years ago, from the estate, a crocodile ran away from us, 2 gyroplane was looking for him. 3. And the third point is to fly from one place to another or just ride, have fun, relax. I also heard that smugglers use it, but I don’t know anything about it. There may be inaccuracies in my answer, but I'm sorry, I'm writing through a translator.
@@КонрадКарлович-ъ3я That is really cool. Where can I find more photos and contact russian gyrocopter pilots? I'm always interested in the commercial use of gyros.
No lol, most everyone in the gyro community knows this is a special pilot that knows his gyro as well. Same as a fixed wing pilot knows his airplane. This guy was also a fixed wing pilot way before he was a gyro pilot.
Very impressive camera-view! Still gives me the willy's watching that ...but after in-depth conversation with the pilot at B-Days ...I'm not as scared for him as I was the first time I saw that routine!
Very confusing thumbnail photo. Glad he figured out how to land that thing. Seemed like he was having a hard time keeping it straight and level in the air!😝 Thanks for posting.
This is crazy! And fantastic. I build small hydrofoils, but this is different cook. I wonder how it was filmed. Searched for the words camera and drone. See no bracket. Mystery for me.
I've built and flew gyrocopters back in the 1970s and early 1980s. This guy is really tempting fate. That's without a parachute too because it would do him no good. It would just get caught up in the rotor if still intact.
!!!!Jooooder ¡¡¡¡¡ No sabía que los autogiros fueran tan maniobrables... Menudo control del piloto..., y menudo cálculo de distancias...a veces he creído que las aspas iban a dar en el suelo. Impresionante. Me ha encantado.
I used to go to Jim's house before the (Sportcopter) shop was built at the airport. This was back in the late 80s. I can remember seeing his first 2-place tandem airframe hanging from the ceiling of his overly crowded garage. 🙂 Your flying skills look pretty damn good to my 70 year old eyes. :-) I also got to watch Molt Taylor fly his "Aerocar" back in the day. 🤪
Hello Gerald, I am also a swiss gyroplane pilot for a few years, and watching your video is a wonderful piloting lesson, very precise and wonderfully informative, thank you! Can I ask you what is the model of this machine and what is its power? thanks again and soft landings
Virtually every video I've watched of 'gyrocopters' demonstrates a high level of rotor/cyclic vibration. I hold flight certifications in both military rotary-wing and civil fixed-wing high performance retractable single and multi-engine airplanes. Autorotation is supposed to be the most stable flight envelope of rotary flight - but apparently not for gyroplanes. I've never encountered such vibration in any turbine helicopter I've flown in or out of combat or general aviation.
All gyroplanes do this, some just do it more than others, its called dissymmetry of lift in autogyro causing cyclic vibration. The rotors are fixed angle and do not adjust as the rotate. Plus the wimd blowing through them causes rotation whereas in a helicopter the rotors are powered and adjust angle. Trust me tjat was one of my first concerns when i started gettimg interestef in gyros. I thought somethimg us wrong here with this setup, but there are things that csn help reduce cyclic movement.
Yup. Had to watch that a few times. My gawd. Just for fun watch his feet on the rudder pedals. It tells a lot about what he is doing. It is not what you would do in a fixed-wing and certainly not like anti-torque pedals on a helicopter. Gonna have to watch again.
Impressive, and an appealing concept. But I am a fixed wing guy. I can't help it, my nervous system immediately focuses on the flimsy construction keeping the rotor in place, carrying everything else. Has the concept ever been tested against a bird strike? Would a parachute be of any help above 50 meters (150 feet)?
How is he filming this ? The camera must be on a long stork off the port front, and is obviously on a gimble, but I can’t see how it is attached to the machine.
I don’t get how this gyro can stay in the air with this guys heavy big balls
Lol
I have 5000 skydives and a couple hundred base jumps in some crazy places under my belt. There is ZERO chance I'd do this..... LOL...
WOW! As a Gyro Plane student currently - I am amazed at that performance! BALLS OUT!!! Thank You!!
who is teaching you?
Don't get the impression that you can or should do anything similar... odds are you won't survive....
You put unbelievable faith into your equipment there man, I mean Ive run off mountains with expired parachutes attached to homemade harnesses for fun with complete confidence but pushing a gyro like this is seriously next level - most amazing of all is the lifting ability of this gyro to carry such big cahoonas
Yes I think its a pretty powerful two stroke around 100hp. Carry some pretty big balls with a light high hp engine. I think he's wearing shorts to keep em cool, they must be that active they'd ignite or explode if kept in trousers. Brave man.
@@cameronlapworth2284 lol
There's just something about going inverted in an open cockpit with a spinning blade just a foot away from your skull that makes the anus pucker. Never seen gryocopter acrobatics, cool shit dude.
Don't believe it. Must be CGI. Where is the camera?
I've seen countless flight videos, and the spectacular means humans have concocted to move through the air-from seeing suits to rockets. This video I randomly came across is the most epic video I have ever seen.
I am blown away.
You are one with your machine.
Thanks Please share with your aviation friends and check out my youtube channel in the bio. Have a nice day man
TRUE about being 110% in tune with his machine! First time I saw his "show" - I covered my eyes, many times believing "This would not end well"!! - after several conversations with him & looking over his highly modified gyro ...and watching many of his displays since ..I have utmost respect! Although I fear others with far less skills may try to emulate such advanced maneuvers WITH-OUT the proper aerobatic FEEL & knowledge!
Nice video. I hope Barry will be at Bensen Days 2023. I've done some gyro flying with my friend Greg Spicola over the years but just recently decided to get my gyro license. I'm the very lucky winner of the recent PRA raffle of the single seat Dominator. I'm also very lucky that I live in Tampa Florida and have a wealth of knowledgeable and experienced gyro guys at my fingertips. Can't wait for Bensen Days 2023.
So nice to watch! Most people do not realize what a gyro can do!
gyrocopter you mean is not
Yes until his rotor blades hit the ground.
There are old pilots, there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots. Be careful out there.
This statement is so false. I did a lot of crazy stuff when I was younger……I’m still alive. But I do admit I lost a lot pf friends along the way….but the vast majority of us did survive.
I'm surprised he can get off the ground with balls that big. That's the most dangerous thing I've ever seen and he's doing it effortlessly . My hat is off for him!
Lol
My God best flight I've ever seen on a gyrocopter. Congratulations congratulations, congratulations.
OMG! Amazing performance. You really challenge the taboo of gyrocopter flying.
Outstanding🤙 This is what Bob Hoover always talked about. Energy manegment.
Let's not compare this "performance" to Bob Hoover..
@@keirnbug8762 No, don't bring in Bob Hoover into this but the dynamics are the same.
Very talented! The 360 cam really takes away from how great this routine actually is.
Need 2 POV's in same video ...this was a new one to me & as a gyro pilot ...a GREAT insight into the symphony he plays with throttle, stick& rudder!!!
Over the top!! We're sure going to miss him some day.
Вот это пилотаж!! Мастерство высочайшего уровня. Автор видео - профессионал, безо всяких сомнений :)
Есть такое.
Я раньше думал что если на нём резко ручку от себя дать, то лопасти сломаются. Удивлён прочности конструкции
Absolutely fantastic, Just brilliant. Thank you so much for sharing.
Anything that can be flown this way, hundreds of hours to 'get it right' in practice, and the operator is still alive to perform it seemingly effortlessly... Convinces me that these machines are not 'flimsy death traps'.
Knowing the physics and being 'connected' with the machine may have something to do with it.. LOL.
Awesome video Gerald.
I didn’t know you could that in a gyro plane, amazing
Heck, the pilot didn't know it either!!! Lol.........
That was an interesting view of Barry doing his stuff. As always a great routine to watch, seemingly effortless and way beyond what most gyro pilots will...or should attempt. Barry is certainly in a class of his own when it comes to this sort of a display. A few come close, Greg Spicola is one Roy Davis another, then that gent who was doing Lawn Dart impressions with the new ELA at Bensen Days...which I believe did catch Barry's attention when he went along for a ride.🙂. Great flying Barry. Unique view Gerald.
Greg is a good friend of mine. After seeing Barry at Bensen Days this year I asked Greg if he could do all of those stunts. He said yes but, why. Had me laughing for a few minutes.
Fabulous! The best aviation video I've seen bar none! Love the shorts and track shoes too. Felix Baumgartner eat your heart out!
This is the most gob smacking best Video I have ever seen , what a talented pilot that man is. One so bold I just hope he is allowed to get old.🇳🇿😎
He takes caculated risk and knows his machine. Perhaps one day he will be with tbe red bull group and flying
Beautiful maneuvers beautiful gyrocopter I love it 🎉 enjoy forget the comments
Some people are not gyro people so it does look intimidating or more dangerous than it really is. Etc.
Also, this pilot can fly airplanes in a similar way.
Greetings from Russia!!! Magnificent aerobatics!!! Always fun to watch your videos Gerald. Thanks for the quality content.
Thank you do you have a gyro yet to fly in Russia
@@GyroGerald Yes, there are a lot of gyrocopters in Russia, but mostly they are heavy. Because we use car engines more often. In Russia, a gyroplane is more often used for work and not for entertainment. Especially in winter, when all water bodies freeze and you can easily land or take off from any lake or river. You can catch one fish weighing 15-20 kg. And sometimes more. And also use the delivery and rest. But in our country, few people post their videos on UA-cam because they fly almost illegally. In our country, no one controls and does not look after small aircraft, the main thing is not to fly in, not to fly over closed objects. Of all the American channels, yours is the most spectacular, but the only thing I would like is more comments From you.
@@КонрадКарлович-ъ3я what types of work are gyros used for in Russia? That's very interesting. Here in Australia they are sometimes used for mustering animals on large properties.
@@omeobandit9928 1. First of all used for elite fishing in winter. When lakes and rivers freeze in the distant wilderness. Ice is a comfortable flat airfield. They fly very far from settlements and catch very large fish.
2. Used to deliver fuel, medicine, products to hard-to-reach places. Gold Miners Hunters Foresters and many others. A few years ago, from the estate, a crocodile ran away from us, 2 gyroplane was looking for him.
3. And the third point is to fly from one place to another or just ride, have fun, relax.
I also heard that smugglers use it, but I don’t know anything about it.
There may be inaccuracies in my answer, but I'm sorry, I'm writing through a translator.
@@КонрадКарлович-ъ3я That is really cool. Where can I find more photos and contact russian gyrocopter pilots? I'm always interested in the commercial use of gyros.
👍 great aerobatics. How the camera was fixed?
I am a pilot, over 5000 skydives over 600 base jumps ( one of the originals that started the sport) and this is insane !!!😆
Base jumps are insane lol
it sure would be cool to see this from the ground as well. thanks for sharing awesome video.
The ground video is on here somewhere. Triple loop was in the title I believe.
You mad man first time I have ever seen copter flying like this bravo 👏
Gratuluję opanowania sprzętu i techniki lotu. Brawo.
I can just hear all the other gyro jocks out there saying, "hold my beer..."
No lol, most everyone in the gyro community knows this is a special pilot that knows his gyro as well. Same as a fixed wing pilot knows his airplane.
This guy was also a fixed wing pilot way before he was a gyro pilot.
Dude is very comfortable with his gyro. Maybe too comfortable 😂. Awesome flying.
Very impressive camera-view! Still gives me the willy's watching that ...but after in-depth conversation with the pilot at B-Days ...I'm not as scared for him as I was the first time I saw that routine!
Shades of Ken Wallis 😁
Forgot to add...must be a good set of Rotors he has.👍
Very confusing thumbnail photo. Glad he figured out how to land that thing. Seemed like he was having a hard time keeping it straight and level in the air!😝 Thanks for posting.
Is that how you land a gyro with a cross wind?
🤭🤭We need ground camera view please. What a show
Can you explain each control action while performing the moves. That would be very instinctive
Thanks
This is crazy! And fantastic. I build small hydrofoils, but this is different cook. I wonder how it was filmed. Searched for the words camera and drone. See no bracket. Mystery for me.
Fantastic...!
Where can I find info for this gyro ? Nice video.!
It is fantastic!!! Haven't seen anything like it!
The real skill comes from whoever or whatever is flying that camera man that is some excellent footage!!!
I've built and flew gyrocopters back in the 1970s and early 1980s. This guy is really tempting fate. That's without a parachute too because it would do him no good. It would just get caught up in the rotor if still intact.
Yeah I saw my father lose his life in a gyro doing less violent maneuvers.
I'm here trying to figure how and where the camera was mounted.
360 camera off the nose. You can see the pole in the shadow
Amazing . I don't know how you're accomplishing some of us without unloading the blades or bunting over.
Truely astonishing.
How does he not lose rotor speed when he's tilted back close to the runway? Is he using the pre-rotator?
wow awesome gyroplane shape and apint job where can i find that on or do you have a full photo?
I can't see any link between the camera and the gyro. How is it possible ?
It is a front mounted camera on the gyro
@@GyroGerald Many thanks.
!!!!Jooooder ¡¡¡¡¡ No sabía que los autogiros fueran tan maniobrables... Menudo control del piloto..., y menudo cálculo de distancias...a veces he creído que las aspas iban a dar en el suelo. Impresionante. Me ha encantado.
это все бредь
i just witnessed a legendary flight. thanx for sharing
Please share with aviation enthusiasts
Damn! You just made Jim Vaneks (of Sportcopter) flights look tame.
Lol, Jim Vanek is still the man though but nice of you to say.
I used to go to Jim's house before the (Sportcopter) shop was built at the airport. This was back in the late 80s.
I can remember seeing his first 2-place tandem airframe hanging from the ceiling of his overly crowded garage. 🙂
Your flying skills look pretty damn good to my 70 year old eyes. :-)
I also got to watch Molt Taylor fly his "Aerocar" back in the day. 🤪
wahou ! Fantastic ! thank's from France !
Share video online with people in France for me thanks 👍
@@GyroGerald ok Guy !
I'am a paraglider, and most of m'y contact are too.
Amazing pilotage 😃
Is there a video taken from the ground
m.ua-cam.com/video/kSRspU1bn4M/v-deo.html
Nice! I think I'd liked to have seen video from the ground side by side to see exactly what you were doing. Very cool.
I never tought that such things are possible with gyro !
Unbelievable risky!
I want to learn to fly gyros. Where should i start? Also where can i buy a bensen kit?
See ya Barry at the Arden NC get together this may 18 -20th. You are ONE with the machine , you must ride a motorcycle !
😍😍😍
😎👍
I don't understand how the camera is mounted. I can't see any connection to the airframe... and it keeps changing position
Check out 360 cams. They stitch together two extreme fish eye lenses and the pole the camera is on is in the blind spot
Hello Gerald, I am also a swiss gyroplane pilot for a few years, and watching your video is a wonderful piloting lesson, very precise and wonderfully informative, thank you! Can I ask you what is the model of this machine and what is its power? thanks again and soft landings
Dominator with beefed up rotax
Is there video from ground view?
Yes need a little time to get it ready though
Incrible, Crazy 👏🏽🙌👍🏽🤝🏽
Cool !
that p-40 face... SO COOL!
Wow... most impressive... be careful bud... flying like that will eventually bite... but you know that already.
INCREIBLE, gyro and drone? outstanding pilots... wondering how was it filmed!!!
My question also.
This is just insane
Impressive how sharp of a turn that makes
Virtually every video I've watched of 'gyrocopters' demonstrates a high level of rotor/cyclic vibration. I hold flight certifications in both military rotary-wing and civil fixed-wing high performance retractable single and multi-engine airplanes. Autorotation is supposed to be the most stable flight envelope of rotary flight - but apparently not for gyroplanes. I've never encountered such vibration in any turbine helicopter I've flown in or out of combat or general aviation.
All gyroplanes do this, some just do it more than others, its called dissymmetry of lift in autogyro causing cyclic vibration. The rotors are fixed angle and do not adjust as the rotate. Plus the wimd blowing through them causes rotation whereas in a helicopter the rotors are powered and adjust angle. Trust me tjat was one of my first concerns when i started gettimg interestef in gyros. I thought somethimg us wrong here with this setup, but there are things that csn help reduce cyclic movement.
Yup. Had to watch that a few times. My gawd. Just for fun watch his feet on the rudder pedals. It tells a lot about what he is doing. It is not what you would do in a fixed-wing and certainly not like anti-torque pedals on a helicopter. Gonna have to watch again.
Nuckin futts!!
You are crazy, bat very big pilot!🤩
Impressive, and an appealing concept. But I am a fixed wing guy. I can't help it, my nervous system immediately focuses on the flimsy construction keeping the rotor in place, carrying everything else. Has the concept ever been tested against a bird strike? Would a parachute be of any help above 50 meters (150 feet)?
Amazing skill,there is always a BUT,i wreck my bike a year age,i still have not recovered 100 % what MAKE an model is that bird ?
His rotor looks like it's inches from hitting the ground in those turns. Crazy.
Talk about knowing your machine!
Даже акула на рисунке испугалась!!!🤣
Whit this camera looks funny :D Otherways Grate skills :)
That's pretty awesome..... he's killing the game!
And hopefully not him.
What equipment do you use the mount the camera?
It wa really just a small post at the front of machine.
@@GyroGerald What was causing the camera movement? Or is that just post-processing effect?
amazing have a nice landing
just cutting grass, brilliant!
Not as close as it looks but yeah cool looking anyway
Хорошее кино, оператору респект.
👍
Mind... blown!
How is he filming this ? The camera must be on a long stork off the port front, and is obviously on a gimble, but I can’t see how it is attached to the machine.
i had no ideia a gyro could send that hard👏👏👏
What a wonderful flight ✈️ I am want it. So amazing I can't think it. So beautiful.
Génial
J'espère que tu vas vivre vieux !!
Wow, thats some hot aviating!
who is holding the camera?
What's the rotor RPM at full speed?
Impressive,. great skills. How much horsepower does it have?
wicked talk about skill
amazing
Wow. Juste wow !
Where is the camera fixed?
I am flying in front of him for the journey. Lol,
No, camera is on a very short stick on front of gyro.
@@GyroGerald
Cool!
Some MAD SKILLS
This is skill! Well done!
This is a skilled pilot and this shows what a gyro is capable of.
Wow That was some flying. How far from ground could those blades be in turns ? You are awesome and totally crazy. :-D
This dude is insane 👏