I fly model aircraft next door to Fenland airfield! Fenland Model flying club. I've seen many interesting aircraft arriving at the field over the years.
Interesting - 33 years ago did my 1st 'long' cross country from Worcester to Fenland, open cockpit flexwing, paper map on knee, no radio, and finding the place very difficult to spot indeed! How times have moved on!!!
Am thinking I'd like one of these soon but......would want it to cruise at 100-105 kts. Am hoping they will put a 915si in the calidus soon. To just sight see, 60kts is ok. To actually GO anywhere however, even a used C-150 for $30k can cruise at 105kts. Why do ALL gyrocopters only have a 2 blade rotor? A 3 blade would fix the stick shake. German auto.kite for Uboats in ww2 had 3 rotor blades.....
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!
I fly model aircraft next door to Fenland airfield! Fenland Model flying club. I've seen many interesting aircraft arriving at the field over the years.
05:49. Just in case. The stick is shaking like no other gyro videos I have watching today. Something loose or out of balance? Laurie. NZ.
How not to get into the cockpit - right leg first.
Try left leg first.
Interesting - 33 years ago did my 1st 'long' cross country from Worcester to Fenland, open cockpit flexwing, paper map on knee, no radio, and finding the place very difficult to spot indeed! How times have moved on!!!
Still not the easiest place to find, even with GPS.
Am thinking I'd like one of these soon but......would want it to cruise at 100-105 kts. Am hoping they will put a 915si in the calidus soon. To just sight see, 60kts is ok. To actually GO anywhere however, even a used C-150 for $30k can cruise at 105kts. Why do ALL gyrocopters only have a 2 blade rotor? A 3 blade would fix the stick shake. German auto.kite for Uboats in ww2 had 3 rotor blades.....
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!!!
I know that banal commentary can be annoying, but a wee bit here and there would give an insight as to what it’s like to fly a gyro.