Flying A Gyrocopter Without Dying I Axel On The Edge

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2 жыл бұрын

In the third episode of our new series 'Axel On The Edge', reporter Axel Primavesi’s career really takes off - literally. He has one day to learn to fly a gyrocopter - a cross between an airplane and a helicopter. Together with flight instructor Jochen Weigel, our Euromaxx reporter explores western Germany from the air.
Not small feat. After all, he’s never flown anything in his life before. Watch here to see how he gets on.
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Report: Axel Primavesi
Camera: Marco Borowski
Edit: Marco Borowski
Producer: Hendrik Welling
Supervising editor: Elke Schwab
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@crawford323 2 жыл бұрын

As the inventor of the Autogiro in 1921, Juan De la Cierva questioned, “ Why do the passengers have to fly the at the same velocity as the wings?” And with that out-of-the-box inquiry, this lead to birth of the modern sport Gyroplane.

@phils4634 8 ай бұрын

As a former fixed wing pilot, I've always fancied having a go in a gyro!. Instrumentation's very conventional, and I gather from those who do fly these regularly, the learning curve is straightforward, whilst the safety factor is higher than conventional rotorcraft.

@stillerbinichnicht 2 жыл бұрын

The bravest of all is probably the flight instructor in the back, how he just leaves the control stick and the instrument panel to Axel.

@2503Erik 2 жыл бұрын

If it's fully equipped for schooling, the instructor has not just stick, rudder pedals and throttle - he has AirSpeed and Altitude instruments. Plus he can shut off the engine. Maybe he even has a remote for the radio... If he's really experienced, he can feel how the gyro performs. My instructor can... he's very good.

@chrisgosling5408 2 жыл бұрын

Great approach by both Axel and the instructor, best think is the sense of emotion and thrill from this, makes you feel alive and terrified at the same time. Many thanks for posting!

@timjordan4523 2 жыл бұрын

Well done Axel, you looked scared at first and by the end seemed to really enjoy it.

@geoffreycarter6599 2 жыл бұрын

This has been a dream of mine for years. Now retired, I hope to make it a reality. It would be a great way to see this country,Australia.

@phils4634 8 ай бұрын

Definitely. With advances in power packs, and corresponding "somewhat reduced" ownership costs, these machines seem a very affordable and safe mode of transport. The Chinese direct Rotax analogues are considerably more affordable, with comparable maintenance requirements.

@indridcold8433 Жыл бұрын

As a teenager I used to go to a field to watch paragliders fly. I noticed one of the para gliders was slowly being changed every week I went out to watch them fly. One day, the pilot showed up without the airfoil on his paraglider and he installed a rotor. He then spun the blade with his hand and started down the runway. It took off with great ease. When I told him how amazing that was. He said it was always the aim to make a gyroprop. He had been slowly building it the summer I came to watch them fly and test flying it every time he made a change. What an inspirational pilot he was!

@dweuromaxx Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful comment, Thanks!

@josemarino4270 2 ай бұрын

You earned your "wings"! Congratulations! I enjoyed this video, thank you for sharing!

@patrickfitzgerald2861 2 жыл бұрын

Ah Axel, I remember that feeling from when I was first learning to ride a motorbike . . . well done! 😎

@keithmorgan6885 Жыл бұрын

Great video. I love your enthusiasm for gyrocopter.its infectious

@MariaPNW 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!! Good job! I need to see if they have this in the USA!! Exciting!

@pacom5543 3 ай бұрын

Wow I see it complexity this teaches me great challenges of learn to Master it but it is very reward to be a Giro pilot in just 24/hours wow. God blessed you . Thank you

@mikebarefoot3433 Жыл бұрын

Hi Axel, I really enjoyed your video. I just bought a gyrocopter of my own and can't wait to take lessons to get my rotorcraft rating. I hope my experience goes as well as yours did.

@dweuromaxx Жыл бұрын

@Mike Barefoot Good Luck to you and: Have a good flight! 🚁

@gerrittenberkdeboer7763 Жыл бұрын

All the best...from bavaria.

@olivermsiska5780 6 ай бұрын

Can a gyro use a motorbike engine,I need make one,,what is your advice

@billjoat 2 жыл бұрын

GREAT job Axel!! Subscribing to see what else you do!!

@skyboys9814 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's cool, I myself I'm in the middle of teaching myself, but I'm taking a lot of baby steps. Wish there were a instructor around. It would make things easier. But take what you got and run with it.

@riccardotorri8648 6 ай бұрын

after my firs experience on a gyrocpter... I took the license ;-) it's amazing.

@jezurkajezic8937 2 жыл бұрын

I want to learn to fly this thing! Its really cool.

@charlesmnadeau 2 жыл бұрын

Axel, you are amazing.

@swapna_learner 2 жыл бұрын

Where and when can we try the option, Axel and team to learn and fly. If available for normal people. Lucky you to overcome all the fears with such small things having their problems.

@BrianKulig-qi1gm 3 ай бұрын

That looks amazing

@peterrowcliffe747 2 жыл бұрын

Well done and yes love to learn to fly a gyrocopter, Peter in the UK

@michaeltibcken9601 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to do it!

@stealhty1 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent Flying ,,Pretty machine ,,with the fuel prices so High right now , you remind me of Mad MAx Movie

@CurtisDrew1 2 жыл бұрын

I did my first gyro flight 2.5 years ago and caught on quickly. But, I've been flying fixed wings since I was 13. I'm almost 71 now. I loved the experience so much I'm still tring to convince the wife I need to sell my RV and buy one! If I could ever get her up in one, I'd have one the next week. You did good for a non flying novice. It's like flying a Crotch Rocket in the SKY.

@tomstulc9143 2 жыл бұрын

Curtis forget the wife nonsense sell the RV and buy the gyro you're the man grow a pair.

@seikibrian8641 Жыл бұрын

@@tomstulc9143 I take it you're single. Marriage is a partnership.

@tomstulc9143 Жыл бұрын

@@seikibrian8641 Is the question whether or not I'm married or whether I still have my balls.

@craigdickens791 2 жыл бұрын

Very good! 👨‍✈️👍

@pradeepjames408 2 жыл бұрын

Hope he had great experience ✈

@2503Erik 2 жыл бұрын

Of course he had. You always get the "Gyrocopter Grin" after the first flight...

@user-mb4nd7lo5y 2 ай бұрын

yes

@ufxpnv 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I would like to fly a gyrocopter. I have a SEL for a Cessna 172 and have flown ultra lights.

@donaldsalamone3722 7 ай бұрын

From the U.S.would love to learn to fly one its something I could never afford to do at 60 but dreaming is part of the experience and the adventure at least that's how I experience getting a indian motorcycle challenger 2020 now iam wondering if flying might be safer dreams can't come ture if you don't dream choices make dreams come true

@willardcolclough338 9 ай бұрын

Yes i would like to learn. Info please thank you.

@user-gn2xi2lp5p 6 ай бұрын

wish i can fly with him

@JessicaJuneRose Ай бұрын

Recently I had the honor to fly one of these at the age of 10.

@beagle5 Жыл бұрын

Love to try this, in the u.k its like glorified trial lessons for hours, so Slow. Please Help I am very interested in this. Can I get a Licence there? I already have had many hours, it would be great to finish with a Professional Instructor.

@mrrishiraj88 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@jillwheeler6207 2 жыл бұрын

Sehr cool!! I (think) I could attempt it. Watching Axel experiencing all of this does make it more doable.The flight instructor was very assuring. 🚁 🪂

@TimothySielbeck 2 жыл бұрын

Agree.

@someoneelse7629 7 ай бұрын

If we had the US Part 103 rules in Europe, I would get myself an Gyrocopter or a fixed wing. Of course I would do training first, but the rules for regular UL licence makes it too expensive

@bm6173 2 жыл бұрын

Noice!!!

@aperson2943 2 жыл бұрын

I can do this, no problem. The only thing I need is a passport, a lot of money for travel expenses, an interpreter, and a bigger set of balls.

@Xiph1980 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, if you find yourself the right job, you don't need the money, and apart from the last item, the rest will be arranged for you! Can't help you with the Meta logo deficiency though... 😂

@dweuromaxx 2 жыл бұрын

That's quite a big list

@sUASNews 2 жыл бұрын

Humm patches and sun glasses a pilot make.

@pittshopesp3064 4 ай бұрын

The pity is the German! Nice instructor calm and talking on the correct way💪👍

@cardboardrob1 2 жыл бұрын

That looks like a lot of fun. Do you have to have a pilot license?

@seikibrian8641 Жыл бұрын

Yes, but the one seen here -- an AutoGyro MTO Sport -- can be flown by a pilot with either a Private Pilot License or a Sport Pilot License, as it meets the standards of a Light Sport Aircraft.

@cardboardrob1 Жыл бұрын

@@seikibrian8641 it's not experimental?

@seikibrian8641 Жыл бұрын

@@cardboardrob1 In the USA, the one shown here is experimental, but since 2017 they've had an upgraded model that can be had either way. They also have the enclosed-cabin, tandem-seat Calidus and the enclosed-cabin, side-by-side Cavalon that are certificated. (The Calidus was the first certificated gyroplane since the Air & Space 18A in the '70s.)

@seikibrian8641 Жыл бұрын

@@cardboardrob1 Just to be clear, experimental aircraft require a pilot's license -- properly called an Airman Certificate -- to be flown. Experimental aircraft can be Light Sport or standard aircraft, and the former can be flown by Sport Pilots. Ultralight aircraft aren't licensed under the Experimental Aircraft rules, but under Part 103, and they don't require a pilot's license, but they can't fly cross-country, can't use controlled airports, etc. The gyroplanes from AutoGyro can do all of the above.

@crawford323 2 жыл бұрын

If your flight instructor is wearing Nomex, you should too.

@differentshort5268 Жыл бұрын

Ammazinh

@b.h.8421 5 ай бұрын

i would like to fly a gyro copter

@McCbobbish Жыл бұрын

Gyrocopters are the most underrated aircraft

@beagle5 Жыл бұрын

Certainly are, but to learn in the u.k. is painfully slow,

@EcoSpeeder 9 ай бұрын

The rotors seem to be out of balance.

@Anvilshock Жыл бұрын

The word you'll be wanting to use is altitude, not height.

@halfrhovsquared Жыл бұрын

"Height" when expressed as distance from the surface. "Altitude" when referring to mean sea level. However, the two terms do tend to be used interchangeably in practice (even though not strictly correct). If you climb to 1000ft on an airfield's QFE, your height is 1000ft (and that may be the circuit height for this airfield) but your altitude is likely to be greater (assuming that your airfield is at a higher elevation than mean sea level).

@williamcox1176 2 жыл бұрын

Very good, i think the reason you have to change clothes before flying is so you have clean pants to go home in.

@landocal0 2 жыл бұрын

Send Axel to outerspace

@dweuromaxx 2 жыл бұрын

@Orlando Cal Unfortunately our DW Company Rocket urgently needs repair, sorry. 😉🚀

@landocal0 2 жыл бұрын

@@dweuromaxx That's too bad because he would enjoy the view and not be the least bit scared.

@manuelstapp3359 Жыл бұрын

Have to ask for pilots of these things ...do you have numb hands like using a big weed eater for a couple hours

@2503Erik Жыл бұрын

After flying more than two hours in a row - no, not really. Stiff hands maybe, but strangely enough not numb hands. And my gyro does not have a smooth stick right now. It could be because the vibration is only around 360 RPM