Many years ago a gentleman did this at a local airport in what's now called a light sport aircraft. He simply faced into the very stiff breeze, and took off with minimal ground speed, achieved a nearly vertical climb, and then accelerated out and away.
@BrightBlueJim2 жыл бұрын
Haven't seen such a takeoff, but I have seen a vertical landing in a strong (40+ mph) wind. While driving past Cold Bay Airport in Alaska, I noticed an incoming plane that was not lined up with the runway, so I pulled over and stopped to see what he was up to. He flew directly to a spot over the aircraft parking area, slowed down to zero ground speed, and just set it down. I'm not real sure how he managed to get it to stay there while he tied it down, though.
@dwightbernheimer3312 жыл бұрын
Proving Once Again... If you have enough Wind in your face... Almost anything's Possible... Good stuff thanks for posting.
@alexzingo6952 Жыл бұрын
Amazing machines those gyrocopters. As an owner of new Honda Monkey 125cc after owning a lot of bigger motorcycles and fixed wing licence, gyros are like Honda Monkeys in general aviation. They fun, cheaper, takes you places, wher bigger aircrafts cannot and store in your house.
@MyDailyDevotion4 жыл бұрын
Very exciting! So lucky to experience once in my lifetime flying with a GYROCOPTER
@KrasherJack2 жыл бұрын
You had to practice this takeoff as a glider to get your Gyro Pilots license in Canada, tethered of course..Great memories of flying my Benson...
@user-glg202 жыл бұрын
This kind of machines reminds me "MadMax" movie
@planecrazyish2 жыл бұрын
absolutely spectacular!
@pete30032 жыл бұрын
Gyrocopters can’t hover, But that’s a dam good impersonation
@CraigBMM2 жыл бұрын
I get by with a little help from my friends = wind :)
@chriskochanowski42426 ай бұрын
You just have to hope the wind don’t die out before achieving enough air speed
@blue03mule2 жыл бұрын
That's insane... but cool at the same time.
@ayokay123 Жыл бұрын
Superb piloting skills.
@srnunan4783 Жыл бұрын
Yeah you can take off but good luck flying anywhere except a one way trip downwind on a day like that, and be careful of the downwind turn!!😮
@pajakzly71902 жыл бұрын
To nie maszyna A pilot! Pozdrowienia z Polski
@timtreeborgsonjen15332 жыл бұрын
What was the wind speed??? That was impressive. Busy feet and stick for sure.
@user-kp4sg3pc6g21 күн бұрын
good
@df3yt3 жыл бұрын
I can't wait until gyros can actually have short takeoffs without lije any other aircraft...a strong headwind.
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman2 жыл бұрын
Look up _"jump takeoff"_ in gyroplanes.
@crawford3233 жыл бұрын
Ahh the characteristic Magni roll and yaw to the right. Watch them. Every take off, as soon as the wheels loose their influence, the Bird will roll and yaw to the right. Torque roll, P-factor, whatever. Either correct this in design or train to expect it.
@christopheschwartz73742 жыл бұрын
Ouh là là! Quel vent mes aïeux, il faut avoir du cran avec un temps pareil!...
@aliasmari2 жыл бұрын
Incredible 😍👍👍👍
@jazzman55982 жыл бұрын
Bravo!
@1silvervespa Жыл бұрын
Most are not looking even fly on a windy day ... Not a daily take off option .
@CurtisDrew13 жыл бұрын
So, what was wind speed for that to happen? Enquiring Minds want to know! I flew last Saturday 11/21/2020 in one down near Houston and we actually hovered, then flew backwards in the wind at about 750 AGL. Pretty cool. But, my Pilot was Desomnd Butts and he was just showing off for me the newbie. We also chased alligator in the Marshes. Which made my day.... I want one bad now. More fun than a fixed wing by far.
@Make_Boxing_Great_Again2 жыл бұрын
A fixed wing stol craft can easily do this just as well.
@1988dgs2 жыл бұрын
Just check the take off speed and if wind speed is higher you can do this
@user-tq8ps5wh9u Жыл бұрын
Красавелла
@petethompson12823 жыл бұрын
never to be seen again....
@raoulvolfoni18002 жыл бұрын
How much I regret having had to sell my Magni M16 ... mine was the same in white .
@jeffcauhape68802 жыл бұрын
Wow... what was the wind speed?
@andrewcliffe47532 жыл бұрын
WOW
@reallynotpc4 жыл бұрын
Very neat!
@crooked-halo2 жыл бұрын
I thought the main rotors were not powered in a gyro copter? How is this possible? I'm a commercial/instrument fixed wing pilot & don't understand!
@chadwinslow54933 жыл бұрын
Heck yeh!!
@youtubetv15884 жыл бұрын
When the crosswind is that strong do you have to face the headwind the entire time? and just strafe everywhere?
@SupernovaSpence2 жыл бұрын
All this tells me is he's operating a machine in conditions that are normally too strong for the vahicle. Like hovering with a paraglider, if you're standing still, it's too strong
@lembriggs10752 жыл бұрын
Very true! Very honest fact! Very well said! Safe flying to you all!
@KaisTheFireWarrior9 ай бұрын
This is different, clearly it wasn't because he accelerated away with ease
@samanli-tw3id3 жыл бұрын
How come the gyroplane doesn’t spin in the opposite direction of the main rotor as there’s no tail rotor?
@pepperthrowshands3 жыл бұрын
Helicopters deal with Newton’s third law: The engine applies torque to the rotor and experiences opposite torque in return. In the case of a gyroplane the rotor spins freely and the force to spin it comes from the airflow through it. The only torque involved is due to the tiny bit of friction in the bearings.
@timtreeborgsonjen15332 жыл бұрын
The rotorhead is not ridgid like a helicopter. The retreating blade is allowed to drop significantly more as its lift is less than the forward blade and that air is passing the blades creating lift instead of forcing the pressure downward against gravity.
@fredblair43073 жыл бұрын
not to bad reccomended
@WhiskeyB4 жыл бұрын
Skills!
@randyporter34915 жыл бұрын
OK, I’m misding something. HOW did the rotor speed get up enough to accomplish this ?? And, wothout any torque effects ? Wow.
@cameronlapworth22845 жыл бұрын
Hi Randy the rotor is only powered on wind up (on my machine by hand). This machine has a prerotator which is disconnected in flight. You then keep the rotor quite shallow (in this wind) and gradually introduce a little back stick until the rotors reach full back stick and wind up to speed then very fully. He is feeding in more and more power to counteract the lift pointing backwards this keeps the aircraft from going backwards. As the rotor is no longer connected to the pre-rotator there is no torque effect so no need for a tail rotor. Essentially he is doing all the same things as a zero wind take off only without the need to roll forward to put airspeed into the rotors.
@randyporter34915 жыл бұрын
Thanks Cameron, for the explanation. I fully understand the principles of the gyro and how the pre-rotator operates. I guess I didn’t realize that a fairly significant headwind existed during this. If, it makes perfect sense. I’m a FW pilot and already looking for gyro training reasonably close, so I took particular interest in this. Thanks for the reply and safe skies ! 🇺🇸🛫
@cameronlapworth22845 жыл бұрын
@@randyporter3491 no probs good luck and check out the instructor very closely. Find out if any of his students have been killed or injured. There are some cowboy about. Also pre-rotators are great especially for the tall machines but remember you still have to let them get to speed. If the gyro sits with the nose too heavy when empty (mine sat on my tail until I got in) then you will use more airstrip to get off pre-rotator or not. This is because when there is enough lift to pull the nose up your rotor gains a few extra degrees and will spin up in much less ground. So check out how heavy the nose is when looking for a machine. Just a little tip. I could take off in my VW bensen in about half the ground roll even though I was hand windings and spinning up on my taxi run had 22ft blades and a 54 inch prop compared to their 582 Rotax 27 ft 8 inch chord blade s and hydrolic pre-rotator s. I arrogantly thought I was just better at flying,. However it was this. My machine was heavy and much slower to climb out but some of these guys were taking 500-600ft to get airborne. This has zero impact in the air but position of main axel is critical and a lot of $100 000+ machines have this wrong.
@randyporter34915 жыл бұрын
Great information Cameron ! I’m hoping to get a side by side kit. I had hoped the FAA would have changed their position on LSA by now, which they have a little. I’ve talked to Airgyro Aviation in Utah (and Fla. now) about a gyro they exclusively offer. Pretty impressive. The owner and chief instructor comes from years of search and rescue in gyros. He puts up some good videos on here. He’s not close, but he’s one of the best Ive been told. So, until then, I’ll continue learning as much as possible from pilots like yourself and comparing various aircraft. I may fly to Florida and meet with them in person. There are just no instructors near me. But, I may just have to travel to get it done.
@cameronlapworth22845 жыл бұрын
@@randyporter3491 that's great good luck. It fantastic fun.
@MonostripeZebra3 жыл бұрын
nice!
@user-mt1qw4vp2t2 жыл бұрын
Нужна раскрутка до 200 об/мин. , и устойчивый ветер 10м/сек . И подскок гарантирован .
@CraigBMM2 жыл бұрын
Amen
@elblitzb5 жыл бұрын
Wait....in autogyros you can pitch the blades angle right? Same way like choppers but without power on them?
@ptrsrrll5 жыл бұрын
No. The blade pitch is FIXED. To explain - the pitch angle is the same as a helicopter MUST GO TO if pilot loses engine power. Only problem is, the pilot must get the collective to that exact pitch (autorotation) within 2 seconds of power loss, or the rotor will slow down too much, lose lift and YOU WILL CRASH. If you get the pitch right (and quickly enough) the wind passing UP thru the blades will keep them spinning enough to provide partial lift and you keep rotor RPM up till a last minute flare. So. A gyrocopter is an unpowered helicopter, (set at autorotation blade angle) with a big fan at the back to increase air speed, thereby causing enough extra wind to generate lift and flight. SIMPLES ** I have a Magni M16 (yellow) here in AUSTRALIA
@nictamer3 жыл бұрын
High end models have collective pitch, but I don't even there's any currentmy in production.
@tommoran2362 жыл бұрын
What if the engine goes out or the wind stops. Not enough height to allow the blades to gently coast down.
@zsmurf2 жыл бұрын
Sudden engine out is not too dramatik, would be an ok landing. Similar to flying at 10 ft 30 kts and then idle. If wind suddenly stopped it would be a bad situation...
@AphexTwinII2 жыл бұрын
This is only accomplished due to the strong head wind.
@jimydoolittle31292 жыл бұрын
A helicopter 🚁 literally ,
@enoz.j35062 жыл бұрын
What stops the counter rotate? is it just the airflow from the rear prop or angle of the main rotor?
@spency7872 жыл бұрын
Because the rotors are not physically driven by the engine there is no torque reaction, hence why gyroplanes don’t require a tail rotor like a conventional helicopter. 👍
@enoz.j35062 жыл бұрын
@@spency787 Thank you for that,i thought the main rotor was powered through a clutch for vertical take off only,then disengaged for forward flight?
@spency7872 жыл бұрын
@@enoz.j3506 not quite, most modern machines have a clutch driven pre-rotator for the rotor blades which can get the rotors up to approx 2/3rds of actual flying rpm. However they only have limited capability so are only used on the ground and unfortunately don’t provide enough power to allow a true vertical takeoff. The exception shown here was down to the very strong headwind that allowed the rotors to reach full flying speed whilst stationary.
@enoz.j35062 жыл бұрын
@@spency787 Ok, cheers for insight,the gyrocopter if sketched on paper looks like it would never fly,incredible machine.Having had Robinson R22 hands on,makes me want to try these.
@riccardotorri2 жыл бұрын
less expensive then an f35
@plantpower30483 жыл бұрын
Wind speed?
@kenreynolds42295 жыл бұрын
What was the wind speed
@cameronlapworth22845 жыл бұрын
Mine used to take off at 20-25mph and climb out at 35mph but it was lighter than this machine. He takes off a little nose high here but he has plenty of power. It's also lightly loaded with only the pilot.
@josemarino42703 ай бұрын
I do not think it is cool because it is not safe; a little mistake and he crashes and huts himself or someone else. Fly safe is where the fun is.
@keirnbug87629 ай бұрын
:)
@777dwane5 жыл бұрын
the wind was 100 mph,,,, ;)
@665Atom11 ай бұрын
Nah less, maybe 40 or 55 MPH
@1silvervespa Жыл бұрын
not really a safe looking take off..... High wind present by mic noise .
@rotax9125 жыл бұрын
What is the headwind speed? What’s the pre rotation rpm?
@zsmurf5 жыл бұрын
Wind was 20-25 kt. Rotor needed only prerotate to 150, then the wind brought it up to flying RPM, approx 300-320. Prerotator is capable of prerotation up to almost 300, perfect for short field takeoff.
@rotax9125 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@cameronlapworth22845 жыл бұрын
@@zsmurf I've done this in my VW, not quite this short though I rolled forward about 10 feet. Nicely done. I had to hand wind my blades (no pre-rotator) and had to hold the disk very shallow in the wind to stop hinging and very very gradually ease them back. I imagine with pre-rotator you could power through the lower rpm range which would be handy. I also got to do this on another windy day in a gyroglider with the car parked. The rope stretched about 8-10 feet and then when you eased forward would spring forward. I'd never noticed how much it stretched in normal flight when we were training.
@nosaltadded25304 жыл бұрын
Very poor camera work. Please use a microphone that is suitable for outside conditions, such as wind.
@user-mt1qw4vp2t2 жыл бұрын
Нужна раскрутка до 200 об/мин. , и устойчивый ветер 10м/сек . И подскок гарантирован .
@CraigBMM2 жыл бұрын
amen brother !
@user-if8vb4rf2r2 жыл бұрын
А потом лопасть отваливается и ты несёшься к земле ...