Wondering what 1 costs. Gas per gallon. How long will a gallon last ..time or distance..ball park.. In general yearly cost of maintenance God-bless you..excellent video. The ♥️ best I've seen
Depending on which 912 - burn rate is 4 to 6 gallons per hour. Distance would depend on speed of aircraft at that consumption rate. 4 gallons a 100 mph = 400 miles.
A question about space (specifically headroom) in the Calidus. It's looks like close clearance inside the canopy. Is there space for the pilot to wear a helmet. Don't worry about why I'm asking :)
Everything that Robert says multiply by 2.5 times and you be safe. In reality and off video conditions stuff is not that easy as it seems. But yes, Gyro is fun to fly!!
With the tandem configuration and the amount of surface area which the fuselage has, is the much adverse roll with yaw? What is the minimum power off controllable airspeed. The pilot kept power in during his vertical descent to assure rudder effectiveness.
This is awesome, you mention that these gyros handle the winds better than any other flying machine. What is the highest winds will these gyros handle?
multiple reasons. Primarily its still largely poor instruction. I started flying these when I was 19-20 I'm 53 this year. I was very lucky in that I joined a fledgeling club that was seeking training to fly a gyroglider we were putting back together (from storage) The other club still used gyrogliders. these are a primary training method. you have no engine but are towed behind a car. you learnt all your blade management etc this way then our instructor test flew your powered machine usually hand built or brought from someone else who had. He wouldn't instruct you in the machine until he was satisfied with handling power etc. many left in disgust when he'd say you need a new prop or the Axle is too far back or the joystick is set up wrong. we would then hear a month or two latter they'd rolled them into a ball. I ended up bring trained to be our clubs gyroglider instructor. however many in the sport were trying to get rid of the glider and clubs as old fashioned. the 583 two strokes finally had enough power for two seat training in a powered machine. So many instructors and CFIs saw the clubs as competition we were non profit and what we charged when towards the driver for fuel wear and tear and if you had a capable car you could use it. The club I learnt in didn't throw out the glider but added two seat powered but instead of 20 hours or more the glider cut the powered time to 3 to 5 hours dual and hours of supervised ground instruction. regardless most clubs using gliders folded. today the two seat machines are massively expensive and generally massively overweight. Many of the current accidents happen on the ground usually because few know how to wind rotors manually. modern machines are tall because they are overweight and need 27-30 ft rotors (weight). This means the masts are too high off the ground. So no one ever hand winds rotors so there is general ingornance on getting the blades from a slow rpm to high without a pre rotator. The solution to this is a mad procedure which smashes a lot of blades. bear with me it's a bit complicated. at low rpm if forward speed is too high and rotor rpm doesn't match the blade moving with the wind can stall and hit the ground, cut off the tail and prop. In Australia thus used to be called hinging its called blade flap elsewhere. Now the correct procedure is to slowly accelerate after a brief low rpm wind up by hand or pre rotator then taxing at say 8 to 10 mph at this speed the blades pick up like a wind mill and in 50m or so you can accelerate to say 15mph hold for a short time at which point they will be beyond hinging. gradually add power and balance the nose apply full power and take off flat. this is gradual doesnt use more airstrip (counter intuitively) and only required minor corrections on the stick. these guys don't teach correct blade management rotors their version goes like this. accelerate blades to 220 rpm hit full power. now suck up airstrip while your rotors initially starts to decay (blades will only spin fast if enough airflow is going through them) . now eventually if your blades finally get enough airspeed to build you scream along the strip while they build speed, if not managed perfectly they flap and you roll into a ball but more likely your overweight machine which often has incorrect Axle placement so it holds the nose down further delaying take off. But rotors have enough to lift the nose only now because you are doing 40mph my old overweight VW with 22ft rotor would break ground at 22ish mph. now you nose reefs back onto the tail and you are slamming the stick forward to regain control meanwhile because you've compensated for the massive weight with 120hp engine and massive prop you now find one wheel lifts from torque effect and you are nodding down the strip. if unlucky enough to get airborne you may find yourself in the air with 25 degrees of disk pointing backwards which is an incredible drag brake. It won't stall but I that position if you don't get the nose down you may hit blades first and return your $120 000 dollar machine into a much less pretty pile of twisted metal and composite. Now if you spun you pre rotator up to say 120rpm instead taxied slowly at first and watched the blades actually managing the airspeed and rpm so you only add speed as they can accept then then the nose will gently lift when ready and you only need to add gentle inputs apply power as required no violent movements and the least wasted airstrip. But the dogma says otherwise. anyone who tells you the safety record is any better now just hasn't been following the statistics. I was appalling then as it is now. Note I never saw a set of blades smashed up I the club I learnt to fly in and saw many, many people learn to fly I instructed in the glider for 16 years off and on and we never damaged a set of rotors. If you find a good instructor they are amazing machines. but a lot of myth a lot of attempted quick fixes like stabilisers etc. one thing works good training to teach you to fly within the limits of these amazing machines.
No turbine, not at all... the 115hp turbocharged Rotax engine is the maximum because of how slippery the airframe is. It will overspeed if any higher power engine is used. No turbine is that small and the fuel consumption with render it useless - about 20 minute of flight time!
I flew in one of these a year ago during spring break in Gulf Shores Alabama. I couldn't believe how smooth it was in 20mph winds coming off the Gulf!
Just 4 times as expensive as it should be,
Best gyro flying "documentary" I've seen.
Wondering what 1 costs. Gas per gallon. How long will a gallon last ..time or distance..ball park..
In general yearly cost of maintenance
God-bless you..excellent video.
The ♥️ best I've seen
Depending on which 912 - burn rate is 4 to 6 gallons per hour. Distance would depend on speed of aircraft at that consumption rate. 4 gallons a 100 mph = 400 miles.
@@ultralightnews 4 gallons in 100 miles equals 25 miles per gallon at 100 mph
A question about space (specifically headroom) in the Calidus. It's looks like close clearance inside the canopy. Is there space for the pilot to wear a helmet. Don't worry about why I'm asking :)
steep glide angle, not threatening... lol
Really makes me want to train in one
Far out that was awesome loved it👌🇨🇦
Dan, that's pretty cool flying. What a hoot! Nice job, thx and a big thumbs up!
Everything that Robert says multiply by 2.5 times and you be safe. In reality and off video conditions stuff is not that easy as it seems. But yes, Gyro is fun to fly!!
As a retired commercial pilot, I found this very interesting!
With the tandem configuration and the amount of surface area which the fuselage has, is the much adverse roll with yaw? What is the minimum power off controllable airspeed. The pilot kept power in during his vertical descent to assure rudder effectiveness.
This is awesome, you mention that these gyros handle the winds better than any other flying machine. What is the highest winds will these gyros handle?
One of the best, most informative gyro videos I've ever seen!! Thank you!
Very nice good info.. cavalon is definitely my choice
The beep is annoying. Looks fun, though.
I thought you were going off the left side of the runway on takeoff.....
Looks really comfortable to fly. Very docile. If I get a chance I may try one out.
A very nice pack of info! Easy to understand as well.
How wide is the cockpit?
no torque on the rotor it's the prop.
Why then are there so many Gyro crashes? Narrow wheel base on landing?
multiple reasons. Primarily its still largely poor instruction. I started flying these when I was 19-20 I'm 53 this year. I was very lucky in that I joined a fledgeling club that was seeking training to fly a gyroglider we were putting back together (from storage) The other club still used gyrogliders. these are a primary training method. you have no engine but are towed behind a car. you learnt all your blade management etc this way then our instructor test flew your powered machine usually hand built or brought from someone else who had. He wouldn't instruct you in the machine until he was satisfied with handling power etc. many left in disgust when he'd say you need a new prop or the Axle is too far back or the joystick is set up wrong. we would then hear a month or two latter they'd rolled them into a ball. I ended up bring trained to be our clubs gyroglider instructor. however many in the sport were trying to get rid of the glider and clubs as old fashioned. the 583 two strokes finally had enough power for two seat training in a powered machine.
So many instructors and CFIs saw the clubs as competition we were non profit and what we charged when towards the driver for fuel wear and tear and if you had a capable car you could use it. The club I learnt in didn't throw out the glider but added two seat powered but instead of 20 hours or more the glider cut the powered time to 3 to 5 hours dual and hours of supervised ground instruction.
regardless most clubs using gliders folded.
today the two seat machines are massively expensive and generally massively overweight.
Many of the current accidents happen on the ground usually because few know how to wind rotors manually. modern machines are tall because they are overweight and need 27-30 ft rotors (weight). This means the masts are too high off the ground. So no one ever hand winds rotors so there is general ingornance on getting the blades from a slow rpm to high without a pre rotator.
The solution to this is a mad procedure which smashes a lot of blades.
bear with me it's a bit complicated. at low rpm if forward speed is too high and rotor rpm doesn't match the blade moving with the wind can stall and hit the ground, cut off the tail and prop. In Australia thus used to be called hinging its called blade flap elsewhere. Now the correct procedure is to slowly accelerate after a brief low rpm wind up by hand or pre rotator then taxing at say 8 to 10 mph at this speed the blades pick up like a wind mill and in 50m or so you can accelerate to say 15mph hold for a short time at which point they will be beyond hinging. gradually add power and balance the nose apply full power and take off flat. this is gradual doesnt use more airstrip (counter intuitively) and only required minor corrections on the stick.
these guys don't teach correct blade management rotors their version goes like this.
accelerate blades to 220 rpm hit full power. now suck up airstrip while your rotors initially starts to decay (blades will only spin fast if enough airflow is going through them) . now eventually if your blades finally get enough airspeed to build you scream along the strip while they build speed, if not managed perfectly they flap and you roll into a ball but more likely your overweight machine which often has incorrect Axle placement so it holds the nose down further delaying take off. But rotors have enough to lift the nose only now because you are doing 40mph my old overweight VW with 22ft rotor would break ground at 22ish mph. now you nose reefs back onto the tail and you are slamming the stick forward to regain control meanwhile because you've compensated for the massive weight with 120hp engine and massive prop you now find one wheel lifts from torque effect and you are nodding down the strip.
if unlucky enough to get airborne you may find yourself in the air with 25 degrees of disk pointing backwards which is an incredible drag brake. It won't stall but I that position if you don't get the nose down you may hit blades first and return your $120 000 dollar machine into a much less pretty pile of twisted metal and composite.
Now if you spun you pre rotator up to say 120rpm instead taxied slowly at first and watched the blades actually managing the airspeed and rpm so you only add speed as they can accept then then the nose will gently lift when ready and you only need to add gentle inputs apply power as required no violent movements and the least wasted airstrip.
But the dogma says otherwise. anyone who tells you the safety record is any better now just hasn't been following the statistics. I was appalling then as it is now.
Note I never saw a set of blades smashed up I the club I learnt to fly in and saw many, many people learn to fly I instructed in the glider for 16 years off and on and we never damaged a set of rotors.
If you find a good instructor they are amazing machines. but a lot of myth a lot of attempted quick fixes like stabilisers etc. one thing works good training to teach you to fly within the limits of these amazing machines.
Do you need a pilot licence to fly a gyrocopter?
Yes. Unless it fits into the ultralight category in the U.S.
I thought that the Calidus was a factor built aircraft
You can't have a factory built gyro currently in the U.S. it has to be built as an experimental aircraft.
Gotta love the gyro
One of your better videos! Great to see gyros getting coverage.
Range and how reliable?
Can a turbine engine be used for reliability?
No turbine, not at all... the 115hp turbocharged Rotax engine is the maximum because of how slippery the airframe is. It will overspeed if any higher power engine is used. No turbine is that small and the fuel consumption with render it useless - about 20 minute of flight time!