Autogiro flying Icarus Belgium

[Wakipenda]

Spanish invention...prior to the helicopter...SEE, we also invent stuff!

[maurick77]

Please!! what's the song's name? I LOVE that music! Best video of gyrocopters I'd ever seen!...

[quest33613]

SO FREAKIN COOOOOL. LOVE IT.

[Housemechbirds]

autogyro is the safest flying thing

[dying1000]

Hello, what can you tell me about the safety procedures and any modifications that would need to be made to an Autogiro if I wanted to place a classic cartoon style metallic garbage can full of ambiguous green trash in the back seat while I flew around? Thanks.

[MrPabloacosta]

how mach is the price  one of those?

[Dorisequador]

Best thing ever made. I want one..

[meming4]

is there only a motor for the back propeler?

[SONODILEONFORTE]

ma si puo' rompere il rotore e venire giu come un ferro da stiro? o sono sicuri?

[giottone63]

@ SONODILEONFORTE allora non hai visto il video?

giottone63

[SONODILEONFORTE]

@giottone63 si che lo visto pero mi un tizio mi ha accennato su internet che in caso di rottura rotore vieni giu' come un ferro da stiro, per questo ti volevo dire le pale del rotore sono alluminio o composito? cioe' ce pericolo che si puo' romperee per aria?

[gyrohoges]

Looks like Subaru powered? Plenty of horsepower!

I had 3 forced landings in 2 days with perfect landings each time and I'm still here....just a leg and hand missing and a few burns.

No, only kidding all still complete.

I'll drop in and pay you a visit next year when I'm in Belgium.

[103dingdong]

little nelly comes to mind

[Brekkje]

This seems really fun!

[doncastilla1]

Hello Polwindei Lord, I have a question. There is another manufacturer of autogyro, which manufactures the MTOSPORT Germany. If you know the autogyro would like to compare with the Magni gyro and tell me what the best and why in

your opnion.Thanks.

[fgarganese]

@doncastilla1 The main modern autogyro project you see here was developed by Vittorio Magni modifying the Bensen kit. The other company with a old and well industrialized project is the Spanish ELA. MTOSPORT Germany started to develop his model from ELA07, like Brakogyro in Italy.

My advice is: try and choose your favourite model. Personally I appreciate all but i prefer ELA, but it's my personal idea.

[HWGuyEG]

I want one of those soo bad but I also want a nicer car... hmm...

[DevilMaster]

I read that Juan de la Cierva's original autogyros were not susceptible to power pushovers because they had the propeller on the front. Then why do modern autogyros have the propeller on the back?

[FlyingFighter]

Because we have more powerful motors ?? :D

[fgarganese]

the first who put the propeller on the back was Igor Bensen creating a kit on the 50ies. The actual for of back engine and propeller and the "double tail" was ideate by Vittorio Magni, who discovered that in this way you can obtain full command efficiency also at very slow speed

[milanthepilot]

Impressive landings, especially those with engine cut off.

[fsxdude123]

cool

[davidviktora]

If I understand it well, the main rotor serves as a rotating wing, it works as the main carrier (the air going through the blades pushes them, thus making the rotor moving - the higher speed of the air, the higher rpm); the propeller gives the aircraft speed so that it can fly using the lift provided by the main rotor. But I do not understand how the main rotor is made to start rotating when the aircraft is sitting on the ground and there is no air goung through the blades to move them...

[medsey55]

The main engine has a wheel against the free wheel of the rotor so when they touch the engine wheel turns the main rotor until it gets to flying RPM. The wheels are then separated. Power is then applied to the main engine to push forward and keep air over main rotor giving flight speed and lift. Hope this helps.

[dmsday03]

the powered engine causes some air to flow thru but yu spin thm yurself hard enuff so it last till the craft can begin taxing

[fyr333]

Dude its a motor lol...

[Giorgio117]

very nice, hello

[ssonic116]

NICE YO! THAT WAS SWEET! 5 stars and faved!

[lrplin]

how much for it? interested

[danilloshin]

Wonderful. Flying with elegance...

[Samjapa]

great video.

I love Autogiros.

The Icarus flying like a dream.

The cut off motor landing are amazing.

Thanks!

[rascalrascal]

you're the best

[rascalrascal]

ahaha

[leviterande]

hi Man nice gyros, I actually started t think about buying one, what is the name of this very beautiful piece of music btw?

[fountainsquad21]

gay

[leviterande]

you are

[fountainsquad21]

good one bitch

[leviterande]

okay cocksucker ahahahaha

[ssonic116]

your calling this gay! you idiot if you flew that thing youd crash!

[bikerdudesouth]

Hello where can I buy one of these at and how much do they run thanks Bikerdude

[marcel0541]

Tres bien réalisé et aussi tres bel appareil bien piloté.Magnifique

[blellblell]

If fixed wings were less risky, or more efficient, nature would have fixed wing seeds. maple seeds auto rotate, auto rotation means limited speed depending upon the pitch, remember that kinetic energy can be translated from falling, to lifting at the pull of a lever. gyros are very safe at low speeds. if not safer than, then as safe as any ultra light with the same power.

[F1RE2WATER]

these things are awesome

[turkeyman28]

Yes, a Gyrocopter is VERY safe compared to a Heli. or Fixed wing aircraft, because they r constantly in auto-rotation throughout the flight. They takeoff, cruise, and yes, land in auto-rotaiton. The only thing the pusher-prop is for is to provide the neccessary foward thrust to overcome drag:)

[gyroplanefdk]

Well, I think a fixed wing is less risky. You can go inverted or takes a lot of negative G's in an airplane. You won't be alive if that happens in a gyro

[Yevv]

Cool stuff, cool pilot. perfect engineless landing.

[Promoter125]

Who makes those helmets and visors? They look really smart. Damn good flying, by the way. I'm impressed.

[nicoo2k]

if you have an engine failure, you are dead.

[badoli]

Not really. Even if the engine fails, you can land pretty safely, probably safer than with a plane, by autorotation.

[polwindey]

have a look to the movie at 4'28 and 4'48: there are 2 landings with engine out, and i am still alive! kind regards, Paul WINDEY (pilot)

[nicoo2k]

Paul, you landed twice without engine?? whow, u are not afraid of die i see hahaa, great video :D

[nicoo2k]

@polwindey superb! loved the vid :)

[DavidTayKokHuat]

@polwindey Since the overhead rotor wings don't act like a helicopter overhead propeller. Why not use a fixed circular wing inplace of the overhead rotor wings? It looks safer since the wings don't rotate, less chance of being hit by the rotating wings.

[myleftnutts]

@polwindey okay if the engine fails what do u do???.

[gyroplanefdk]

I'd rather have an engine out in a gyro, than a fixed wing. I have made two unintentional engine out landings in a gyro, zero damage...

One was at 400ft AGL, few airplanes would survive that on a climb out..

[mannhorn34]

@nicoo2k Dumb

[nicoo2k]

@mannhorn34 ;)

[austintm]

@nicoo2k  - No, I don't think so. These things don't quite work like that!

[shabbypants54]

@nicoo2k not true!

[dylanfernande]

busy day at the air field much?

[Dudelajk]

I have it in real flight G4 as the M-18

[Asdre12344]

whats the differecs bettewn a gryocopter ans an autogyro

[CalDayton]

they're just different names for the same aircraft. Juan De La Cierva, the inventor of the gyroplane, called his an "autogiro", but the FAA calls them gyroplanes.

[arbitar222]

an autogyro is both helicopter and airoplane bit looks on it lol it looks wiked and so does the video lol

[samanli1]

It's like an airplane with revolving wings

[illefille]

without cyclic pitch control no rotor is controllable. the flapping hinge for the up and down movement of the blades make it possible for cyclic pitch conrol.

[jayu39]

video sympa

[NegroTejada]

Wow, i am amazed about this machine, where can i buy one??

[Dragoq]

what is the name of the music?

[polwindey]

This is self made electronic music, made by looking to the clip!

[leviterande]

@polwindey so you made the music?

[5Pectral]

god damn i guess this mother fucker isnt big into safety

and if memory serves me right icarus isnt a lucky name lol

[madron7577]

hello, the answer is rather complicated, pilot induce oscilations only is dangerous when you dont have a horizontal stabilistor, this is still a big dissucsion if a gyrocopter needs this and the answer in my eyes is you need one. The horizontal stabilisator prevents that the plane stays in the oscilations. so the pilot induced oscilations is dangerous if there ist a horizontal stabilisator. (correct me if i am wrong)

[barryhulio]

ive heard about the dreaded pilot induced oscilations and that they are always fatal thats the only thing that put me off auto giros, all comments welcome please cause i dont know if this is true or not.

[SnackPimper]

Fantastic. I'll take two.

[wartowne]

As posted, gyro's that are properly designed, i.e. dynamically stable are without a doubt the safest aircraft flying. The main reason gyros get a bad name is because so many people over the years have thought they could teach themselves to fly. I am a proponent of center line thrust and an effective horizontal stabilizer and some day the gyro world will be in agreement on a minimum level of stability when it comes to pusher applications.

[cyberjoeone]

Excelente video mostra tudo o que se deve saber sobre um voo seguro de giro desde o pre flight check até mesmo um pouso sem o motor funcionar!

[joecool8345]

It's an autogyro mt-03

[polwindey]

NO IT IS NOT AN MT 03 ! ! ! It's an real Magni M16 ! ! !

[polwindey]

No, it is not! It is a Magni M16 !

[rajsingh0621]

Does this helicopter have an collective control or its able to land shortly with just the cyclic control

[casitrash]

There is no cyclic neither collective. The rotor run freely, only powered by relative wind induced by the propulsive propeller.

Autogyre cant stay stationary in air or take off vertically. It's just a very, very short take off/ Landing plane with a "virtual wing".

About the main accident risk, i think it is between pilot ears !

JS-France

[rajsingh0621]

well it doesn't have to have a collective (unless you want to perform a jump takeoff) so what does the stick control, isn't it suppose to control the cyclic

[rajsingh0621]

What kind of Gyrocopter is this?

[abelharj]

Ao amigo que editou esse video , fiquei muito impressionado pela versatilidade , destresa , segurança e manobrabilidade. Realmente faz valer os Giros da Magni com primazia e qualidade. Meus parabens pelo video. Visite meu site sobre girocoptero www.alsfilho.ubbihp.com.br - gostaria se possível receber outros videos editados. Abelha - RJ - Brazil

[snipfer]

helicopters exist because Juan de la cierva invented de girocopter, and very probably he'd have invented the chopper if he hadn't died in an accident and about these things being dangerous, well, it depends on how you build them, I've seen gyrocopters made out of three iron sticks, and a scooter motor that were able to fly real nice, and by the way, a gyrocopter cannot fall like a helicopter could do, as the main rotor doesn't receive any torque from the engine once it has taken of

[hootyhaha]

I love those things, but my dad who is used to be a helicopter gunner in Vietnam and is now a pilot says they're not safe. My good friend is an engineer at Bell Helicopter and tells me that I would not want to fly one because they're too unsafe :( But they're so cool . .I still want one :)

[ajcrm125]

" There are a lot of myths about gyroplanes. Like "They're dangerous." "They're unproven." "They have a lot of unknown flight characteristics." Not true.

Gyroplanes are no more dangerous than other homebuilt aircraft. It's the builders and the pilots who are the problem in both gyroplanes and airplanes... "

-- Paul Bergen Abbott

[illefille]

if a helicopter has an engine failure, it goes into autogiro mode. So don't tell me that an autogyro is more unsafe than a helicopter.

[sebastas2]

thats right