I have a different set up to this with dual pedals, short pedals that sit beside the main rudder pedals, pidgeon toe your feet in for ground steering very precise and tight. But when taking off, flying or landing you have your feet just on the pedals and it casters like this. I could never understand why in decades of flying these light gyros almost no one does this. So many $100 000 machines have direct steering, some with spring dampeners which still don't do enough to stop a roll over in this sort of situation, and what's more the spring dampened ones have a crap turning circle and you may as well be just castering and using rudder because on a grass strip at slow speed that's the only thing turning you around on a narrow taxiway. Good on you guys top design. If I wasn't into building my own gyros I'd be buying one of yours. Great innovation from what I've seen in so many little areas that indicate you guys aren't just scaling up Bensens (nothing wrong with them) and putting sexy glass pods on and charging $100 000+ you are actually thinking about 2/rev, thinking about torque effects, thinking about ground handling, rough ground etc. Great work. Practical tough machines.

I want to get one of those giant luxury RVs, and tow the water sportcopter behind it.

What a madman!

Quelqu'un peut-il me traduire ça en français, s'il vous plaît... Merci...

I like its simple effectiveness!

That is a GIROPLANE not a sport copter.....

Amazing video ! I am overwhelmed by the amount of information. Fascinating voyage in our past.

Wowh ... even hovering backwards with a pusher engine.thats impressive. I wish other modern gyro companies would lean on more close to the safety features, e.g. impackt absorbing suspension and turnable front wheel to avoid tipover in cross winds, emergency shut down switches and break release on the trottle/clutch handle as shown in another video about the M2 by Jim himself kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ncWlm9B4nq3HcoU.html

Wonder if Gyros were ever considered for military use maybe for forward air controller. Their ability to fly slow and low but much lower operating cost then helicopter would be. Probably not for the US but others who budget is much lower.

Super flight!

So, absolutely nothing whatever to do with mustering.

Mantap

Don't do this at home...

I wish Sport Copter had more new videos. Especially along the lines of development. Engines are one important topic.

What’s the scoop on the little forward wings?

Really interesting. I'm only a good Lottery ticket away from showing up at your door. Wish there were more current videos. Areas of interest would include engines. Car engine conversion might be the future the way the world is going. Sport Copter looks like it has solved many of my concerns.

The floats of this gyroplane or gyrocopter can be filled with hydrogen to reduce it's weight. In other words, more fuel can be carried to fly farther.

How much fully built to take home ? Interested 👍🇺🇸

Remarkable! I want one!

Amazing skills

I wonder if we ever can fly your Gyroplane with electric BLDC motor or without engine or without starting it's petrol gasoline engine ? 🤔

I wonder if we ever can fly your Gyroplane without engine or without starting it's engine ? 🤔

Gyroplane can be used in Agricultural Spraying as well?? 🤗

Good lord. Gyros are not supposed to be capable of this. Can't believe the thing didn't come apart. Will not be trying at home.

hey!

Bruh, the intro is fire, like StarFox, MegamanX or something.

I WANT ONE.

Looks great guys. Can’t wait….

Are the canards there to stay or are you just testing them?

Nice Jim! Little Robertson STOL Action. Could been a 182 landing. But it too slow of an approach and the wing goes around in circles. Very Nice Sir! Jim $160 k without all the faults that come with other gyroplanes. I call that a winner. You have far exceeded all in your class. The design is beyond any thing in its class. I wish we were having that talk again in this gyroplane. Zenith has CH701 SkyJeep. You have a flying Ripsaw. Years ago we sat in your SportCcpter II. I was a Sport Pilot then. I noticed Cavalon has a small wing on tail boom below and aft of the prop. Bunt Over add on. I remember we talked about tail being in clean flow. That was back when you had changed the tail on SCII. Interesting airfoils in the mains I see. Nice R & D work Jim. Cheers

It's a good gyro, but I can't justify the high price tag of 160k when it has no utility...

Congratulations Jim... You guys have come a long way since I first contacted your dad in the early eighties... Dwight Bernheimer, Glendale Arizona, USA...

How long do aluminum blades last

Take off still too long to compete with bush planes

Nice

you still need a runway.....and its pricier than a Rotorway helicopter...LMAO

why edit the take off.? is it long af?

Very Cool .........I don't think I would have the nerve to fly in one, too many moving parts and hanging from a shaft scares the hell out of me.

When will this be available?

can't see the actual take off distance....

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Wheels are for planes

That pilot has gonads.

Super Sache , hätte ich gerne bei uns in der Schweiz !!! ( aber bei uns ist alles was neu fliegt verboten,unsere Behörden haben Zuviel Macht )

He does loops and rolls. I wonder if it can split-S. The danger in a fixed wing is accidentally Split-S ing out of a botched roll. You enter at a fairly high rate of speed where as if you split out of the top of a loop, the aircraft is slow. A botched roll split-s can generate speeds well beyond Vne and shed wings.

Question? Typically the stress of a two blade semi rigid rotors due to the acceleration of the advancing blade and the deceleration of the retreating blade, due to the shift in CG of the blades is taken care of due to the blade hub being under-slung. Lead-lag hinges on a teeter type system are rarely incorporated. Obviously this addition was done for a reason. What advantages are the result of these hinges?

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It's billed as a 'copter' but certainly isn't a helicopter - it's correctly called an autogyro not a gyrocopter. That main rotor is unpowered and is thus in constant freewheeling autogyro mode.

Cruise speed? Duration?

Where can I find this mixer to purchase?