Gyroplane Crash into Everglades

[gyroplanefdk]

Hate when that happens..

[MrDanieldb]

Good job. Glad everyone ended up in one piece.

[truthseekers666]

isnt that slow flying causing this bleeper?

[willyV13]

@truthseekers666 what do you mean 'bleeper' ?

[truthseekers666]

as in what the bleeeeeep crash burn ow! that sort of bleep.

[willyV13]

@truthseekers666 The engine out glide ratio is really steep for any sort of gyroplane. The reason for loosing our engine is stated in the video explanation. However, even with the horrible glide ratio and steep descent, the pilot was able to set it down soft enough that when low tide came, it turned out that the tires were only about 2 inches down into the mud and we were able to get a skiff out and load it onto the skiff to pull it back to shore with no damage to the aircraft. :)

[wartowne]

Great save!