Ultralight gyrocopter hang glider.

[PETROS1309]

where the engine?????????

[Malkus1]

where is the motor? XD

[toose70]

Cool but don't see the point of it. What's the advantage of it over a traditional fixed wing hang glider? If anything it's no where near as safe, or manouverable. That's of course assuming it can fly off a slope in an updraft like a hang glider can. I would think it would need a much higher wind strength than a hang glider on a slope to even get airborne as well.

[huyquenota]

fantastic, I can not believe it works! is amazing

[huyquenota]

where is the engine?

[nohalopagus]

@huyquenota car pulls it on the line

[NewKit012]

lol with 60er 007 backgroundmusic xD

[frightflyer]

Mann du bist Spitze !!! Grüsse Toni

[mvolesky1]

Just a glorified auto-rotation.

[bigflytrap]

How is he able to gain altitude with no propulsion? Was it super windy that day? Seems incredible.

[lemorlenny]

Where's the engine?.

[eddyvalencia117]

@lemorlenny There are probably a small Jets on the tips of the wings (rotor) to propel maybe pulsed motor jets the easiest to use but real hot.

[nohalopagus]

@lemorlenny car pulls it on the line

[Gazinbali]

OMG !! OMG.. OMG!! Its Go Go Gadget.... !!

[JohnHMercer]

where's the motor???

[abraham300393]

hahahaa



[thefuryblade08]

theres no engine,, in fact its flying all because the car that pulling it!!

[bjezivise]

congratulation pixelsilva (:



[CarlJohnsonARG]

Where is the engine? o_o

[testermanish]

It's a real-life ROFL-copter!

[mastersduhgree]

So it would appear that the (extra)momentum that the car provides at takeoff(going faster than the guy can run once lift is achieved)is what actually provides the speed for the rotor to give the gyro flight time then...Is this correct anyone? As there is no engine to provide that much momentum for lift?

[MrDeepwoodtickles]

cool



[Airforceproud95]

Materials needed to construct this aircraft: some twigs, and bubble gum,

[pixelsilva]

Watch out carefully guys... at 0:55 youll see in the background a car running down the road, some 2 hundred meters away... thats the one carrying the (unseen) cable that is puling the motorless ultralight helicopter.

You all got pranked! :)

[Lukania]

@pixelsilva Yeah.. It's not a kite, it still would need lift to stay airborne.

[felderup]

@pixelsilva regular hang gliders... and sailplanes do the same thing, next would be a test from a cliff i spose...

[onamvannu]

@pixelsilva Your right,thank you.I was wondering how it's flying,now I know.

[SianaGearz]

@pixelsilva Pranked? No, why. The spoken text on the video explicitly says the gyro glider is towed on the cable by the car to lift it. Once the pilot releases the tow cable, he starts descending and lands.

And it's not a helicopter, it's an autogyro, an aircraft which has a totally different operation principle and just looks similar.

[junqueira32]

@pixelsilva u right the is a car pull it this is not right

[sang3Eta]

@pixelsilva nobody got "pranked" the guy narrating the video tells you it's bring towed by the car o.O

[FatRakoon]

@pixelsilva

If you listen to the guy talking he says that anyway!

So, if anyone feels they got pranked then thats their problem.

This video is trying to prank no one

[phantom0482]

@pixelsilva how did we get pranked if the they say that he is being towed.by a car?

[TheWindGinProject]

I've wanted to try an R/C soaring Gyro Copter for a long time and I just may have to do it after watching this video. Thanks.

[kirbylee57]

I dont understand how it climbed as far as it did without power. Seems to me it would be the same as a hang glider with a simple wing and glide after running for maybe a hundred feet or so, but not climb and continue to climb.

[freudenbergfilms]

@kirbylee57 there is a car towing it watch the video half way through

[WarblesOnALot]

@ultralightnews G'day... Great Clip ! It's proof that once a Rotor is encumbered with an Airframe, it glides at

1:1... Not as good as an Unbattened Rogallo, with a 90 degree Nose Angle...! Search ' Boomerang Aerophysics... Autorotating Rotary-Wing Sailplanes, Explained' ... Or, for interest, '1975 Skycraft Scout' , it was the World's First Legal Minimum Aircraft... Or, even 'Solar Thermal Ramjet', or 'SunFoil Science'. Open Source. Ciao!

[nissan4fwd]

Me saco el sombrero y me pongo de pie y le brindo un gran aplauso a ese loco que comparte los gustos de muchos otros locos que sueñan con poder volar

[TheBearlydeloved]

at around 1:30 you could tell he started to land a little prematurely and he started freaking the hell out.

[pilotvedat]

What the ...? This is greate. Why it has not developed?

[frightflyer]

Klasse!!! Es gibt noch mutige Männer. Respekt!!!

[juki0h]

lol wheres the engine?

[Diurnambulette]

Where is the engine ?

[m1aws]

Actually, this is not unique in its configuration at all! A European sailplane manufacturer made one, flew it but considered it too scary.

[hpept]

awesome and bizarre!!!

[81nt4n9]

dear santa...

[Lauffer05]

How does this work? Where is the engine? LOOOL ! :))

[xxDarthxAndrexx]

@Lauffer05 gyrocopters don't need motors technically. They're falling...with style.

But of course, they only work in high wind or with a propeller in the back pushing it forwards.

[realvanman]

That's REALLY cool, but flying next to power lines scares the SHIT out of me!!

[libertyeagle777]

I'm gonna make an electric version of this, as soon as possible.

[eldumbo13]

@libertyeagle777 Don't forget to throw a tail rotor on it if you plan to put power to the main rotor. Ah, almost forgot: pack a big pair of brass balls... for ballast.

[gilessmokey]

@libertyeagle777. will have a very short flight duration as batterys still dont have the capacity.

[gilessmokey]

@Zhevrahouse. i think you later spotted my conservation with libertyeagle was re his idea for an electric version.

[Zhevrahouse]

@gilessmokey yea im sorry, i didnt see it :)

[captmark97]

@libertyeagle777 How are you coming with your autogyro? It's been a year now. If I hear nothing back from you I'll assume you perished in a test flight. R.I.P.

[claudiofanck]

Ola sou piloto de giro , tens a planta para me enviar?

[claudiofanck]

@claudiofanck 

[netwalkergoogle]

What happens if you drop the thing on landing!!!

[lenniepincher]

Fantastic!!

[superjezz]

In soviet Russia we tow next to Power lines.

[explorateurdesairs]

Very special indeed. The guy was towed. Trials like these make progress the knowledge of aeronautical science. When this vdo produced.The test pilot is sure a courageous guy.

[tomsanut]

now that was way cool if you had a big hill to run down..  look out below. or up. lol great video thanks for posting it.

[geribi]

I've never seen this kind of insect

[midmarky]

lol nice windows xp music

[miahroggio]

It's unique. I'll give it that.

[spacerconrad]

Done right, seems like it'd be just as safe as a Rogallo glider. Way cool.. wonder how well a tiny engine would work as a sustainer... hmm...

[hippiecurtis]

ive never seen a hang glider of this variety, pretty cool though

[aaronlikesalex]

that must take some balls

[Free07Style]

Wow, this guy is crazy!