Sport Copter GyroPlane on Water

Here is Jim Vanek doing some water landing and takeoff test in his Sport Copter Gyroplane. SportCopter.com

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Autos & Vehicles

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• sport
• copter
• gyro
• water
• floats
• sportcopter
• gyroplane
• vanek
• autogyro

[ethula14]

gyroCOPTER

[gshawnadams]

Actually the FAA calls them GyroPLANES.. Igor Benson coined the word GyroCOPTER in the 60's for his design.

[adrianrubi]

are pre-rotators only used for take-off? not inflight or landing? can you take off without ever using any pre-rotator?

[gshawnadams]

They are only used for take-off, but do not need to be used at all. the only shorten the time it takes to get the blades spinning.. I have on, but I keep it off my gyro and I hand-start my blades.. Saves weight.

[brb614]

go you need a pilots licence for one of these?

[gshawnadams]

You would nee a sport license at minimum...

[briansmobile1]

@dfsbmc At the time of the posting those are the numbers I got. I tried flying one of these and the torque roll turned me off. I'm looking at doing the powered paraglider now. Check out Imasuper0308 here on youtube.

[dfsbmc]

@briansmobile1 You sure that isn't $31000 with the motor. A Rotax 582 doesn't cost 31k by itself. Hell, I can replace my 172 motor for less than that.

[whattheima]

Wouldn't it be impossible to crash land one of these? Because of the design of the propellers?

[hitman7777777777]

do u need a helicpters license? and how much is that thiing?

[briansmobile1]

@freightdog777 Either way.... potato pahtahtoh that's still a lotto! I'd opt for a Mosquito!

[freightdog777]

@briansmobile1 Wrong...the sportcopter website includes blades for $22,801.00..

Rotax 582, instruments and radios are extra...but not that much...

[briansmobile1]

@josephdupont Copter without floats, blades, or engine is $22,000 Rotax 582 is $31,000, Blades are $8,000, options like instruments radio etc $6,600. Add that all up it's nearly $70K for this lil single seater without floats.

[TheVittleVlog]

Cool vid!

[gossak1]

I have been wondering about this possibility,how brilliant is this guy ???.

This is the future ! you only have to add wheels under the floats & you've got the perfect mode of transport. Maybe with stateof art batts.& electric motors....who knows

[Xid3d]

This makes a very economical observation alternative to the helicopter.

Would be perfect for a county beach/recreation area safety patrol with a modest budget.

Do you see any training/technical concerns to avoid such things as preventing a negative G maneuver that causes the rotor to contact the pusher prop for instance.

Is it practical to mount a ballistic recovery chute on top of the mast, above the rotor?

Excellent video, thanks.