Hind Gyrocopter crash

[ValdasRBK]

Was that from the Star Wars?

[GLDHUNTRS]

sounds like they were speaking russian to me ha



[walos1323]

que idiotas semejante grandulones jugando!!!!

[sanluisskywatch]

You guys are right- the aerodynamics on 9/11 didn't make sense either.. at least the air speeds and turns etc.. seeing as how the planes were fake.

[19or50]

@sanluisskywatch where can i get a hold of the shit YOUR smoken?

[Kitcatcoat]

LOL!



[andytheweb]

YES!!!! :D

[damiandiesel1]

you're right,what would americans know of aerodynamics after all it was you guys who came up with the SR71,BOEING,THE FIRST HELICOPTER,WRIGHT BROS,CURTIS,FIRST TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT,ROBINSON,SIKORSKI,FIRST SEAPLANE,X-15,BELL X1,ON AND ON AND ON,WHAT HAVE YOU EVER DONE IN AVIATION WORTH MENTIONING THAT WE HAVENT DONE FIRST OR BETTER.

[BushPilot444]

And not enough rotor speed.

[GhettoCowboy2010]

they probably spent just as much to get these flying as if they would have properly designed them in the first place, lol. Anybody looking for spare parts? I think they have many, lol.

[Puronicth]

ACME! Coyote tested and Road Runner Approved!

[sonebezi]

ahhahahah what a POS, what is the purpose of this abortion?

[mjmarcos25]

melhor que oa irmaos white....

[tonymac96]

Cierva...is laughing to this...!!!!

[solarday]

Ooops

[schlusselmensch]

Continental test to destruction program!

[cmberry09]

mot a strong enogh motor need a stronger motor for more lift

[oliverlebot]

hey is this the Continental RPVS from Barstow?

[BlackTalon53]

What is that thing made from??? Massive carbonfiber??? any ordinary RC model of that size and weight would have been turned into a heap of splinters by those impacts.

[neuralwarp]

Ah, you crazy Americans! Looks like they''ve forgotten that a rotor has asymmetric lift, and needs a teeter hub ... Cierva would turn in his grave.

And actually it's not a gyrocopter, it's a heliplane.

[Ralroost]

What is a teeter hub?

[neuralwarp]

A teeter hub is a simple kind of see-saw or rocker junction that allows the rotor to lift up more on one side than the other. As the aircraft flies forwards, the blade advancing into the wind gets more lift than the retreating blade, so it wants to be higher. The teeter hub allows that to happen - otherwise the whole aircraft will tend to turn over onto its side, which is what seems to be happening here.

This was all worked out by Juan de la Cierva, when he invented the autogiro.

[Lordangers]

I liked the ending lol

"Well thats it for the day......"

[rpdigital17]

Too much rotor torque vs light weight, this turns it.

[Altayayo]

Why are they all wearing lab coats?

[itsmonti1]

Hmm...maybe change the RC operator. He is making the same mistake or he doesn't know how to run it.

[RoboTekno]

needs more rotor speed I think

[Bomberboy92]

they would have earned more cash if they sold it as a scale fuselage for rc helicopters.

[qarusel]

Hmm, it crashed twice, so.... let's try it again!!

[blacls]

I wonder how long it took them before the realised the rotor speed wasn't quite enough

[Sharkformer]

HEY!!! Hind's are fuking awesome

[riotagus]

What did you aspect !?? Hind is Russian made !!

[MultiHeavenly]

Perhaps they are not familiar with the aerodynamics! :)))

[lst1195]

There is a video someplace else on here of a Kiowa sgooting one of these down so the project was eventually sucsessful I guess. cool footage.

[hootyhaha]

Dang that sucks! All I can see are dollars . . too many being wasted. But if it's what you're into I guess it's not a big deal. Sort of like NASCAR drivers, pay heeps of cash for their cars knowing they could crash.

[xoio]

Fail

[zorro181969]

It does not fly very well

[Thekempy]

roflcopter goes soi soi soi

[xviper150]

This was at the beginning of the modern day RPV program. These craft were all developed and hand crafted from scratch. The Hind was created as a gyro to serve as targets for live fire exercises. To provide actual functioning helicopters as seen in my other video to serve as expendable targets would have been pretty expensive therefore the gyro version was created as an alternative design to create the same effect. While i re-located shortly after these videos, i believe they did eventually fly.

[moggywan]

The pilot on the hill would fly the model up and down the valley to be fired at by the troopers.

the speed and size of the models made them look very realistic in flight, and it was cheaper than the real thing.

They also had detectors on the models that were supposed to make smoke when "lit up " by an infra red light on the guns, sometimes they cheated, the model pilot would switch the smoke on!

The models were flown out of the valley and back over the lake, the first pilot would then take over.

[moggywan]

This was a company out of Barstow California, they made and flew target drones (large models of Soviet aircraft) for the military games at Ft Irwin.

The models would be launched from the catapult at a dry lake, flown towards the hills surrounding the live fire area, and "handed off" to another pilot with a transmitter on the crest over looking the live fire area.

the second guy would switch his transmitter on, on radio command, the first pilot at the launch area would then switch his off.

[dajsinjo]

I guess it is because of disymetry of lift

[motconga]

hahaha stupid. Rotor and wing in the same plane?

[toddi1971]

It's like giving some random idiots money to build something. I mean, what the heck did they expect to happen?

[gyroplanefdk]

Not enough rotor speed, you can't catapult a gyro

[bunjit1]

gyroplanefdk - accepted answer - well done

It does even look close to windmilling when they launch does it. I think you actually could catapult a gyro with a sufficiently powerful pre-rotation. As in very close to or at flying rpm. You would have seen gyro-gliders flying in the wind on a rope - a catapult is just pulling that rope in.

[Tork64]

one question, WHY ??

[Ogenerang]

Whats the idea with these? The other model looks like a Sukhoi SU 25. Are these models for teaching aircraft recognition to troops or something like that?

[adam3176]

UM So this is what they do in area51 with our tax money? Playing with toys? on now im pissed

[pylon500]

OK, So we've made an RC 'plane' with a rotor on top to look like a HInd Chopper?

Did anyone stop to think that the rotor might have an effect?