High Wind Flying in a Gyro.

[basimpsn]

@ 2:16 could have loss lift and crash.

[ckurz7000]

@basimpsn The gyro needs at least about 40 km/h of forward speed to maintain altitude. The wind at that day was well above that -- maybe around 60 km/h. So the wind would have had to drop more than 20 km/h, which wasn't going to happen.

Incidentally, there is a certain band of altitude where it's dangerous. Below that and you don't damage the gyro, above that and you have enough altitude to regain speed.

[kaje01]

What if the wind suddenly stops, will he fall?

[ckurz7000]

Yeah, she will. That's why you need to be very careful, be quick on the throttle and keep some extra speed on, at least the amount the speed changes between a gust and a lull.

-- Chris.

[oakland002]

do u need a pilot license to fly this one.. ? or any 2 seater.. and how much did it cost to built this one..?

[TheGyroMan]

Absolutely great!! I loved it!! Great flying and control.

[wongjonny123456]

hi, i just want to know is it possible to hover without rely on the head wind?

autogyro needs airspeed to maintain the lift force, right?

[ckurz7000]

Yes, a gyro needs to move through the air in order to fly. This particular model I fly starts to hover at wind speeds greater than about 30 km/h.

[flinico]

The wind. Anybody must to think that you can do it everydays.

[JackerNo2]

Fantastic! Im seriously thinking of learning to fly these MT-03 machines. I have 1700 hours fixed wing so should be reasonably ok to complete in the 30 hours....i think!!

How much does the MT-03 cost, i can find nothing on the net about purchase price without e mailing rotorsport directly

Thanks

[goldenaxe1973]

What a waiste of fuel

[expeditionyacht]

so what's the speed over ground if you have a 50 km/hr headwind?

[ckurz7000]

Depends on your airspeed, of course. The minimum flying speed at which you can still maintain altitude is about 35-40 km/h. With a 50 km/h headwind you'd be going backwards (as you can see in the video near the beginning).

[GyroTecMio]

Stimmt. Und ein bisschen Glück dazu: wenn in 10m Höhe der Motor weg ist, zeigt sich das Können des Piloten erst richtig!

[ckurz7000]

Bei 60 km/h Windgeschwindigkeit (und daher Airspeed) kann ich aus 10 m Höhe noch landen, wenn ich schnell reagiere. Da ist kein Glück dabei. Ich hab's probiert bei nahezu Windstille.

[GyroTecMio]

Mit welcher Fahrt hast du bei der Übung bei Windstille aufgesetzt?

[ckurz7000]

Kann ich nicht genau sagen, da zum Fahrtenmesserschaun keine Zeit war. Ich schätze es werden auch so etwa um die 60-65 km/h gewesen sein, aber genau weiß ich's nicht. Du darfst auch nicht vergessen, dass der Motor normalerweise nicht plöltzlich stehen bleibt, was auch noch mal einen kleinen Sicherheitsspielraum gibt, wenn du schnell reagierst.

[culturesafari]

da muss man aber übung für haben :D

[ckurz7000]

Also ein bisschen Fingerspitzengefühl und Übung sind schon notwendig. Wie immer beim Fliegen besteht die Gefahr darin, sein Können zu überschätzen. Deshalb langsam anfangen!

[Bobanjudee]

Great peice of flying, I gotta get me one of doz.

[thom59]

Great control. Wonder what the air speed was.  Looks to be at least 30 mph

[ckurz7000]

Yeah, you're right. Wind speed was about 50km/h, just a tad over 30 mph. Great fun!