Sport Copter gyrocopters low level flying

Sport Copter gyros doing some low level flying. For more information on Sport Copters visit http://www.sportcopter.com . For more info on gyros visit http://www.pra.org and http://www.rotaryforum.com .

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Sport
• Copter
• gyrocopter
• gyroplane
• autogyro
• autogiro
• flying
• ultralight

[SteveLLW]

Does the FAA allow autogyro take offs and landings out of private backyards and big fields, or do have to fly in and out of airports and walk to your destination, or call a taxi from there?

[tchick]

@SteveLLW All applicable FAA laws must be followed. If you live out in a rural area and have a field big enough you should be able to take off and land from there as long as there isn't any local laws preventing it. These small single place gyros are mainly used for recreational flying. A few pilots make x-country trips in them but the majority of pilots just go out and tear up the sky for an hour or so.

[TheGrasslander]

What is the RPM these engines are turning?

[tchick]

@TheGrasslander The engines on the gyros in this video are Rotax 2-stroke and the RPM's get up around 6000 at full throttle.

[mbzfolife]

These are the type of knuckle heads that end up dieing because of stupidity in time they get confident then think they can take on anything in an experimental airframe that require no licence to fly. An average person off the street could learn how to fly one of these in a day easily. This video is a great example of the idiots you see flying gyros in todays world

[tchick]

Ignorant people like you shouldn't comment on things you know nothing about. The pilot in this video is a professional pilot who performs in airshows. The aircraft are built using aircraft materials and a pilot's license is required to fly them. Flying lessons are needed as they are with any other type of aircraft. Please go back to playing your video games and leave the flying to someone else.

[Blacke30]

@tchick awesome! 

[tpqueti]

If you could fly this thing upside down it would be a very effective lawn mower...

Thanks for sharing!

[UTubeGlennAR]

@mistertween Perhaps the best way to look at "needing a license" is that it is a CHEAP insurance policy on your future.

Not that having a license is a guarantee, it just betters your odds that you will one day die of old age n not of "Pilot Stupidity" or PKIA (Pilot Know It ALLness)........

[UTubeGlennAR]

We ALL must remember that even thou flying like this is Tons O Fun, Gravity Will Always Rule is just one little thing goes wrong........

It happened to me, my last flight was vary similar to this one but I wWAS LUCKY, I am here to talk about it..............

[mistertween]

Do you need any license to fly it??

[highgear88]

Neat video , thanks for posting its been on my bucket list for a very long time.

I hope to get in on the fun in a couple of years.