Awesome job Gray .. for those unfamiliar with this project, Gray designed this helicopter himself and built every part of it, The dual engines , the drive system, the rotor blades , all the controls. He made them all himself, This is truly a remarkable aircraft. As far as i know , this is the only twin engine, two cycle, two passenger helicopter ever conceived, much less built and flown. Just think of the safety factor of having twin engines on a personal helicopter. And the fact Gray is teaching himself to fly it ? He is clearly a genius level engineer. Please be careful and practice hover for a while. You are doing great !!!
Fantastic job, it's hovering really nicely. Your engineering skills are first class. 👍👍 One thing I have noticed though is there is a lot of cyclic stick movement to maintain a steady hover, not sure if you planned this to help with learning but it could be making it harder to control. As i'm sure you know you will barely see the cyclic moving on an R22 to maintain a hover. Other than that it looks faultless, very well done.
Thank you. Yes I noticed that I used a large amount of movement for this test. I haven't fully mastered the technique of hovering yet. Also the joystick does have a big lever. Currently I practice for less than an hour.
If you have only had one hour of teaching yourself to hover then this is absolutely outstanding. I expect you will want to change the cyclic pitch ratios for the stick over time. It could be helping you as a beginner reducing over controlling with the ratios as they are. No need to change anything unless you think it's necessary, I wouldn't question you as others have said you are a genius. Keep flying your machine and posting videos! 👍👌
Well done in every aspect. Those jerky cyclic movements will decrease with practice and you are able to relax. One thing I would urge is to hover with more ground clearance for safety reasons. It is easy to dig-in a skid whilst moving laterally and nasty things can happen in those circumstances. Good luck for your future trials
Awesome job Gray .. for those unfamiliar with this project, Gray designed this helicopter himself and built every part of it, The dual engines , the drive system, the rotor blades , all the controls. He made them all himself, This is truly a remarkable aircraft. As far as i know , this is the only twin engine, two cycle, two passenger helicopter ever conceived, much less built and flown. Just think of the safety factor of having twin engines on a personal helicopter. And the fact Gray is teaching himself to fly it ? He is clearly a genius level engineer. Please be careful and practice hover for a while. You are doing great !!!
Thank you Robert.
Fantastic job, it's hovering really nicely. Your engineering skills are first class. 👍👍
One thing I have noticed though is there is a lot of cyclic stick movement to maintain a steady hover, not sure if you planned this to help with learning but it could be making it harder to control. As i'm sure you know you will barely see the cyclic moving on an R22 to maintain a hover. Other than that it looks faultless, very well done.
Thank you. Yes I noticed that I used a large amount of movement for this test. I haven't fully mastered the technique of hovering yet. Also the joystick does have a big lever. Currently I practice for less than an hour.
If you have only had one hour of teaching yourself to hover then this is absolutely outstanding.
I expect you will want to change the cyclic pitch ratios for the stick over time. It could be helping you as a beginner reducing over controlling with the ratios as they are. No need to change anything unless you think it's necessary, I wouldn't question you as others have said you are a genius.
Keep flying your machine and posting videos! 👍👌
@@Ben-Dixey Thank you. You have keen insight. I need more training to get smooth handling.
The power is insufficient for the weight of the helicopter.
Happy landings.. and good luck!
seems a lot happier with the power under control. well done
Well done in every aspect. Those jerky cyclic movements will decrease with practice and you are able to relax. One thing I would urge is to hover with more ground clearance for safety reasons. It is easy to dig-in a skid whilst moving laterally and nasty things can happen in those circumstances. Good luck for your future trials
Thank you.
Any plan?
No plan. Just for fun.
Congratulations on the next tests.
Congratulations
looking & sounding good. congratulations. is it an electronic / programable governor ?
It is a pid GOV with an analog op amp. It has no program and can adjust parameters through potentiometers.
Bravo Gary. Congratulations on your success in maiden hovering flight of your bird. Did you learn flying a helicoptor on any simulator?
I have no experience flying helicopters and simulators. Just try this to learn it less than 1 hour.
@@grayzhu flight simulator will help.
Все равно чуть проваливаются обороты когда шаг поднимаешь.
Да, есть небольшое изменение скорости.