Gyrocopter fun

[JTREY83]

how much do they cost plz write back o can a 13 year old fly them and were can u get em

[gregzagoa06]

Unlike tons of gyro videos in wich one can see plane like motor landings you show un a real gyro plane landing, starting with an autorotation, then regaining speed and landing short aftee a deceleration flight over the air field gongratulation for your skills

[RadioflyerGeri]

This music does not match that flight at all :(

[redtail0202]

if i had one of these lol i would take it to school even though i live 5mins from school by car....mor fun, and i could land it on the roof XD lol

[JonnyTommyGuns]

I want a Gyro... I think I will just park it and take off in my backyard tho.....

[smmovi]

great video! :)

5***** points

[daskalasv]

super muzik,fun video,i like the gyrocopters

[FunnyHaHas]

How much are the running costs? Fuel, Airport fees, licenses, maintenance, insurance and other things I don't know about. I am seriously considering getting into it but the cost might make me just get a hyabusa motorcycle instead.

[ckurz7000]

My gyro burns about 12 liters per hour of automotive gas. Insurance regs depend on your country and area you live in. Hangaring the gyro costs me 70 € per month. For maintainance and miscellaneous I set aside about 1000 € per year. That's about it.

[JonnyTommyGuns]

woah dude. i dont care how big you are or how much you think you know or what your friends tell you. but if you are thinking about gettin a busa for a first bike then you have a death wish. start with a gixxer 750 or a 1000 at the most. 3 of my friends 4 crashes in 6 months and they have smaller bikes.

[carpathia3882]

I was curious, do you think any joe blow off the streets can learn to fly one of these? I just bought a motorcycle and while it gives me the thrills and sense of speed, I have a feeling this may accomplish that true free feeling I seek. Can 7-14k purchase one of these and is it possible to start from a stand still or is a run way necessary?

[ckurz7000]

In the US there's a large community that builds gyros as homebuilt flying machines either from plans of prefab kits. Within the price range you quote there should be a solution available for you.

As to your second question: gyros can't lift off vertically unless there's about 15 kts of wind blowing. Without the wind the need about 20-50 feet before getting airborne.

[carpathia3882]

And whats your opinion on the learning curve for someone to just hop in one of these?

[ckurz7000]

Legal training requirements differ vastly from country to country. In the US you can even teach yourself (I think). If that's good advice, I leave for yourself to judge.

Generally, it takes someone without any previous flight experience somewhere between 20-30 hours of dual flight instruction to become reasonably proficient.

[wesdh]

you can have vertical take off with no wind but the gyro would cost a bit more, youtube gyrocopter jump takeoff. it requires a pre-rotator and pitchable rotors

[hootyhaha]

There are now parachoutes on airplanes (small ones). There has to be a way to engineer a parachoute for gyrocopters. True they may not need them, but there's nothing wrong with being extra safe. Just figuring out where one could go is the issue. On the bottom or towards the back? But if you landed you'd land upside down or on the nose (of the shoot was on the back).

[ckurz7000]

That's been extensively debated and no one has yet come up with an acceptable solution that's been shown to work. Obviously you must take care not to shoot the chute through the rotor or the prop. I'm sure there's a solution in the end. What it'll cost and how much of a safety margin it'll provide I am uncertain.

[hootyhaha]

What if it's on the side, or the bottom? If the rotor stops then that would not be a problem. It would not be moving. If it was on the side, the person would just land on the ground to the side. If it was on the bottom, the rotor would break the fall and make the person fall to the side instead of landing on their head.

[MR41230]

Looks like good safe fun!! Great video & the best camera work I have seen on You Tube!! Kudos!!

[fredtheowl03]

I hear alot about the power pushover that causes alot of fatalites. What makes one gyro safer than another?

[ckurz7000]

A power push over (ppo) was something that older Gyros were mostly fraught with. Those which don't have an adequate horizontal stabilizer are mostly susceptible to it. A well designed gyro with not too low (in comparison with the prop center) a center of gravity and a good sized stabilizer don't have this problem. Certainly the type I fly in (MT-03 of German construction) has not had a PPO even though I (and others) tend to push the envelope a bit in places.

[Sofiepup]

What the the cheapest ultralight sport gyrocopter you know?

[ckurz7000]

That depends in which country you live. If you live in a country where building your own gyrocopter from a manufacturer supplied kit or plans is legal (as, e.g., in the US) then you can get away with a few thousand U$. If you want to buy it ready built and certified you are looking at, say, 20.000 U$ and up. There's also a second hand market but I don't have prices for these.

[wDOZEw]

Those things are cool as hell, though i would never go in one cuz id piss myself.

[ckurz7000]

Gyros are one of the safest flying machines populating the skies. If the engine quits, the gyro gently glides down to mother earth to a normal landing. Believe me, I love my life way too much than to engange in some dangerous and life threatening sport.

[maxhodges]

"Pilot-induced oscillation" (PIO), and has led to loss of control crashes and fatalities. PIO is readily corrected in a certificated autogyro operated by a trained pilot; in a Bensen-type autogyro no amount of training may be sufficient to avoid catastrophe.

[ckurz7000]

Yeah, you're absolutely correct in that an uncertified gyro lacking certain aerodynamical features (low thrust line, horizontal stabilizer) is prone to PIO and has a higher accident rate. Pilot training can -- to some extent -- help. However, there's no substitute for a well designed and tested (certified) gyrocopter.

[pdutube]

Oh man that's cool. One day...

[TheRooster602]

fantastic music - who is it?

[ckurz7000]

The music is "Latin Dub" by St. Germain.

[Godsy1]

How would you rate the MT-03 gyro compared to others manufacture supply etc.

Nice video.

cheers

[ckurz7000]

I have only flown a Magni M16 and the MT03. The MT03 is more agile and responsive whereas the M16 lies heavier on the stick but flies like on rails.

For the kind of action you see in my 2 videos I prefer the MT03.

[chuckles31]

Thanks for letting me know where you are flying. I was thinking somewhere in the Dakotas. I never would have guessed Hungary. By the way, in your opinion what is the safest way to fly?

[ckurz7000]

The safest way to fly? High, fast and with lots of fuel :-)

[chuckles31]

I'd like to know where you are flying.

[ckurz7000]

My gyro is based in Fertöszentmiklos (LHFM), Hungary, near the Austrian border.

[jakobus0016]

flying gyrocopter is simply amazing, breathtaking and so extraordinary cool...it just made me speechless. i'm pilot myself but flying "Open-air" is pretty nicceeee..

[ckurz7000]

Diensgipfelhöhe ist 10.000 Fuß. Was du im Video siehst, ist bei 3.000m (das sind ca. 10.000 FUß) nicht mehr möglich.

[idiyot61]

Was ist die maximale Flughöhe. Und kann man das zum Beispiel auf den Alpen also Flughöhenstart von 3000m machen ?

[ckurz7000]

A gyrocopter has two whirly things: one on the top for lifting it up (the "rotor") and one in the back for pushing it forward (the "propeller"). The rotor (I assume that's what your question refers to) is only widmilling on its own, powered by the air draught going through it. While still on the ground, I can use a slip clutch to divert some power from the engine to the rotor. Once the rotor is spinning fast enough, I disengage the clutch, start driving and the air flow takes over from there.

[NorbPwn]

how did you start the propellar