Nice piece of machinery!! Noticing the locking hardware and all the nice machining. The main rotor head and tail rotor linkages are nice pieces of engineering. Helicopters are such amazing "contraptions", which is the appeal. I get the impression from earlier postings that you might be involved in the company that makes these kits; if so, thanx for making this activity available to more people who can't afford the full-blown machines.
Heather was an excellent choice for this tutorial. Who could resist watching the video all the way to the end. Her smile is enthralling. Very informative video by the way, just grease those squeaky controls .
RPM means revolutions per minute, It's how fast the blades turning, or this case how fast the engine is turning. You always want to keep your RPM's in the green, remember more power to the engine more left pedal input for lift. It's basically the same as your car engine ( when checking your timing their checking your RPM's. Hope this was helpful?
Just thought of something. When hovering an RC helicopter with the nose pointing at you left becomes right and forward becomes backward on the cyclic input and takes a bit of getting used to. So it would be like you sat in the seat applying left cyclic and the helicopter rolling to the right.
@jman9295 The Mad max machine was a gyrocopter, not a helicopter. A gyrocopter has a free wheeling main rotor and a pusher or puller propeller to push it forward to keep the main rotor spinning. They don't fly backwards/sideways or hover like a helicopter. They do look like helicopters though so easy to confuse.
Search here on RUclips for Autorotation. Helicopters can indeed glide without power, using airspeed to drive the rotor and then land using the rotational energy stored in that rotor. So if the main rotor separates or something like that then yes, you are dead, but if the engine stops, you have options to get it safely to the ground.
billt460 - Go look up "dissymetry of lift", it is helicopters 101 stuff. In a nutshell, helicopter rotors are built to deal with this automatically, there is no action required from the pilot to specifically address this (except keep airspeed within limits). Advancing blade flaps up, retreating blade flaps down, effectively changing their angles of attack (thus lift) balancing out the lift on both sides when the helicopter moves at any nonzero speed.
hey jerry,never seen a better presentation of how a helicopter works and very very well done.thanks a lot.who i presume is your wife and your dog did make us feel at home,relaxed and totally at ease a you went about.great job jerry.
Are there actually High Quality Kits available for Making a Helicopter of this obvious Quality, as there are for other Experimental Airplanes? What an Awesome Ride!! I used to watch a TV Show when I was little, I called “WHIRLYBIRDS”. It came out in 1957, and ran for 3 Seasons. I used to draw that Helicopter all the time.... and I wanted to become a Helicopter Pilot when I was little, but never did. I became Skilled enough to Build one however, being a very Skilled Welder and an R&D Machinist... but Money is the Major stumbling block on being able to do that!
technicaly speaking the blades do not take a "bite" of air . what is happening is the blades as they change pitch there is low pressure on top of the blades. And high underneath the blades thus giving the helicopter lift.
+FASTPISTOLDRAW I'd disagree. As in a fixed wing airplane, the rotors are just like wings. It tales a measure of angle of attack, the rotor or wing actually DOES scoop or bite the air. This is HOW the low pressure above and high pressure below is created. Pitch is the degree to which the angle of attack is applied to get more or less lift. In fundamental terms you can reduce a great deal of aeronautical jargon into the fact the a wing or rotor, scoops the air and pushes it down while Newton's law takes effect and lifts the machine.
Good evening buddy! Congratulations congratulations. It's very very beautiful your helicopter. Do Yousef make this project ou buy? Congratulations again.
They will "drift down" if one remembers to quickly lower the collective and maintain forward speed by diving. In aviation jargon it's called an "auto-rotation." The wind keeps the blades turning, in effect a flywheel storing energy, to be used during the flare to stop and lower the ship to the ground. You get ONE try to do it right!
Thanks Jerry much appreciated..... very educational and interesting..... cheers mate..... good work.... would love to see that thing take off..... do you have any videos which i can view.... cheers....
this is awesome! what are the rules and restrictions on running them on private property? is there like a ceiling where you can operate without having to contact controllers? or can you really only run these in uncontrolled airspace?
Without tail rotor input the fuselage will begin to rotate in the direction the main rotor is turning (top Blade) as soon as the aircraft gets light on the skids, even before it's off the ground. Pulling the collective without coordinated left peddle and cyclic will send you on a very unwanted circus ride.
The reduction belts should be replaced at the first sign of any wear. Nearly all components are replaced at the 500 hour inspection, some sooner than that.
@aqueousone That would be a nice back-up when a safe autorotation is not possible. Air bags under the seat would be nice too. Even safer would be to just leave it in the garage, however, to live a good life one should live as though one had already died.
Gosh coordinating all that must be a challenge that I wish I could master. nice video, very infornmative and simple to understand, but as you say, your body has to figure it out. thanks. best wishes Hayden
Good question. As speed increases the loss of lift from the retreating blade theoretically will eventually invert the aircraft, but helicopters don't fly that fast.
Hi, Jerry, nice video. How much Does this beaty mosquito cost? Is there any webpage where I can look at it? How much experience did you have before you flew this? Thank you so much. Regards from Chile
Thanks Carol. The factory doesn't make this model anymore. Mine has been rebuilt and is for sale for $20,000. I have an Airline Transport Rating with type ratings in Learjets and Falcon 50s, 10,000 + hours. Also rotorcraft Private Pilot rated with about 500 hours in various machines. Here's a look at the Mosquito factory in Florida: ruclips.net/video/oQ4ENu7QKoY/видео.html
Explain the "controls are offset 90 degrees" thing a bit more. I don't recall that from poking spinning gyroscopes. When I poked them they'd just start some kind of weird precession... but then I was poking them at the top.
Errr.... when a force is applied to anything, I think a reaction from that force should occur immediately, unless you are getting into einstein territory... ....and being sure to look at things on a molecular level, no macro level, which could hide a reaction because of the elasticity of the object. For example, kicking a soccer ball, the soccer ball will not immediately move in total because of inertia, but it certainly is deforming and reacting at the point of impact and the reaction is traveling through the air inside and across the surface of the soccer ball...
@automateanything Well, it hasn't quit yet. Two-stroke air-cooled engines are notoriously unreliable but this one, an MZ-202, may prove the exception. It's an Italian design, manufactured in BC, Canada.
Bubba000 NOTARS.Basically throw the exhaust gases on movable rudders on the tail which you control from the cockpit. 2. Contra rotating blades which neutralize each other. Blades could be on one shaft or tandem. Chinook , KA 52
Thanks, once a flight instructor - always a flight instructor. I got about 650 flights out of my two Mosquito helicopters before they failed in flight. Experimental is the right category for sure.
Thanks Jerry! That was very educational for all of us out here that love helicopters, but that don't know a thing about them. Very nice of you to share. Heather in now a STAR! I love you Heather, can I have your autograph? :D
Greetings from the UK! Really nice machine. I flew model helis in the 80s/90s then moved onto flexwing trikes (couldnt afford a heli) ive had 5 engine failures in 2000 hours. How reliable have you found this? What engine is it?
Great video. I loved the close ups of all the working parts. I always wondered what was going on under the fuselage. Is this the same as the mosquito without the bodywork ?
Oh wow! I always wondered how they work. Very informative. So cool you don’t need a license to fly this, being an ultra lite and all. I want one!!!! 🤗🚁
Jerry Wilson this is just the best video I have watched today great content. And the only one where someone explains something to someone on screen. The heli is beautiful to look at as is heather. Can you and she make more please ? Ps love your shepherd too.
Kinda cool mate. But in normal helicopter, when you want to take off or lift up from the ground, do you really have to press the left pedal? I thought the function of tail rotor blade is to counter act the movement of the emphanage cause of the top blade, means you don't have to do anything when lift up, just use the collective lever.
@mrajan999999 No problem. You can start practicing cyclic control now, just balance a broom in the palm of your hand while tap-dancing, reciting the Gettysburg address and texting with your left hand.
I like how you speak to her with respect. I sense love in you. You seem worthy to be a father. Well done.
I try to speak to everyone like that, especially children.
Nice piece of machinery!! Noticing the locking hardware and all the nice machining. The main rotor head and tail rotor linkages are nice pieces of engineering. Helicopters are such amazing "contraptions", which is the appeal. I get the impression from earlier postings that you might be involved in the company that makes these kits; if so, thanx for making this activity available to more people who can't afford the full-blown machines.
I learned two things...how a helo works and I really like Heather!
Heather is a sweetheart.
I dig her.
@@optimuscprime great
Heather was an excellent choice for this tutorial. Who could resist watching the video all the way to the end. Her smile is enthralling. Very informative video by the way, just grease those squeaky controls .
RPM means revolutions per minute, It's how fast the blades turning, or this case how fast the engine is turning. You always want to keep your RPM's in the green, remember more power to the engine more left pedal input for lift. It's basically the same as your car engine ( when checking your timing their checking your RPM's. Hope this was helpful?
Pronounced rip-em's....
Omg she is adorable.... I came here to just see her.... God bless you dear
Just thought of something. When hovering an RC helicopter with the nose pointing at you left becomes right and forward becomes backward on the cyclic input and takes a bit of getting used to. So it would be like you sat in the seat applying left cyclic and the helicopter rolling to the right.
I want one. Or both. Stunningly beautiful.
@mrbilly800 Co-axials are somewhat more expensive to build but are easier to control and provide more lift for the horsepower than tail-rotor designs.
@jman9295 The Mad max machine was a gyrocopter, not a helicopter. A gyrocopter has a free wheeling main rotor and a pusher or puller propeller to push it forward to keep the main rotor spinning. They don't fly backwards/sideways or hover like a helicopter. They do look like helicopters though so easy to confuse.
get Heather back for another tutorial!
Search here on RUclips for Autorotation. Helicopters can indeed glide without power, using airspeed to drive the rotor and then land using the rotational energy stored in that rotor. So if the main rotor separates or something like that then yes, you are dead, but if the engine stops, you have options to get it safely to the ground.
Best way to explain. Animation tutorial are so complicated and inorganic.
Very down-to-earth simple explanations, thanks!
Finest compliment a flight instructor could get. Thank you!
I found this informative and refreshing. The narrator had a voice for it and obviously the young lady added to it
She cute!, but were and how did you train before you could fly and how many hours did it take?
Thanks for explaining the operation
So the twist grip when twisted increases the main rotor speed and engine rpm simultaneously. Yes?
i love people who make their own aircraft.
egshane wish I had the brains to do so.....
No ballistic parachute on the rotor head?
A really Cool Helicopter!!
How many Horsepower, and what make and Model Engine.
What Make and Model Helicopter, and how much does it Cost?
It's a remarkable machine, especially considering it had to weigh under 254 lbs. They no longer make this model. composite-fx.com
billt460 - Go look up "dissymetry of lift", it is helicopters 101 stuff. In a nutshell, helicopter rotors are built to deal with this automatically, there is no action required from the pilot to specifically address this (except keep airspeed within limits). Advancing blade flaps up, retreating blade flaps down, effectively changing their angles of attack (thus lift) balancing out the lift on both sides when the helicopter moves at any nonzero speed.
I have flown RC helicopters at competition level and this looks like a full size RC helicopter
You made it look so simple. I want to fly now . Love your introduction. Thank you. 🌹❤️🇨🇦 .
You're most welcome.
hey jerry,never seen a better presentation of how a helicopter works and very very well done.thanks a lot.who i presume is your wife and your dog did make us feel at home,relaxed and totally at ease a you went about.great job jerry.
@rossncookie I don't know. Each country makes its own regulations. I'll try to find out for you what the ultralight rules are in the UK.
Are there actually High Quality Kits available for Making a Helicopter of this obvious Quality, as there are for other Experimental Airplanes? What an Awesome Ride!!
I used to watch a TV Show when I was little, I called “WHIRLYBIRDS”. It came out in 1957, and ran for 3 Seasons. I used to draw that Helicopter all the time.... and I wanted to become a Helicopter Pilot when I was little, but never did. I became Skilled enough to Build one however, being a very Skilled Welder and an R&D Machinist... but Money is the Major stumbling block on being able to do that!
I plan to do this too. Build a homebuilt piston powered helo, convince my wife to fly it, and then collect the life insurance.
Pappy Gunn 😃
technicaly speaking the blades do not take a "bite" of air . what is happening is the blades as they change pitch
there is low pressure on top of the blades. And high underneath the blades thus giving the helicopter lift.
+FASTPISTOLDRAW - layman's terms
+FASTPISTOLDRAW
I'd disagree. As in a fixed wing airplane, the rotors are just like wings. It tales a measure of angle of attack, the rotor or wing actually DOES scoop or bite the air. This is HOW the low pressure above and high pressure below is created.
Pitch is the degree to which the angle of attack is applied to get more or less lift.
In fundamental terms you can reduce a great deal of aeronautical jargon into the fact the a wing or rotor, scoops the air and pushes it down while Newton's law takes effect and lifts the machine.
STEVE R JR false, just like a variable pitch prop. Some of the resulting thrust come from the AOA of the blades and not from the airfoil itself
Oh please Steve, this lesson was for laymen (nice work Jerry), and not for aeronautical engineers. Chill!
Good evening buddy! Congratulations congratulations. It's very very beautiful your helicopter. Do Yousef make this project ou buy? Congratulations again.
Thanks. I've done about 15 hours on an RC heli. Can't imagine getting INTO one of these knowing how tricky they are to fly!
They will "drift down" if one remembers to quickly lower the collective and maintain forward speed by diving. In aviation jargon it's called an "auto-rotation." The wind keeps the blades turning, in effect a flywheel storing energy, to be used during the flare to stop and lower the ship to the ground. You get ONE try to do it right!
You have dun this manure with some altitude right.? VARY NICE .
Excellent video, Jerry!! That's neat that the throttle is like a motorcycle handle!!
Thanks Jerry much appreciated..... very educational and interesting..... cheers mate..... good work.... would love to see that thing take off..... do you have any videos which i can view.... cheers....
They're both works of art.
Good video. I don't think I'd have the guts to fly an ultralight helicopter. I admire your sense of adventure!
I get the impression Heather is in full charge when it comes to anything like that. She doesn't wait for any man to run out and defend her.
this is awesome! what are the rules and restrictions on running them on private property? is there like a ceiling where you can operate without having to contact controllers? or can you really only run these in uncontrolled airspace?
Great Video, Did you build it or your bought it? Are there any building plans for this Helicopter?
I got mine factory built. I wouldn't fly anything I put together. Plans come part of the kit if you wanna do it yourself.
@@jerrywsoloflex Does the factory keeps selling this Helicopter?
@@antoniocifuentes1185 Si. composite-fx.com
@@jerrywsoloflex thank you so much, one agane great video
@@antoniocifuentes1185 Happy to help. Once a flight instructor always a flight instructor.
Jerry wilson esse elicoptero e de fabricaçao propia ou nao
Without tail rotor input the fuselage will begin to rotate in the direction the main rotor is turning (top Blade) as soon as the aircraft gets light on the skids, even before it's off the ground. Pulling the collective without coordinated left peddle and cyclic will send you on a very unwanted circus ride.
Very informative video your a very good instructor she will be a good pilot keep up the great videos
she is absolutely gorgeous
The reduction belts should be replaced at the first sign of any wear. Nearly all components are replaced at the 500 hour inspection, some sooner than that.
Or maybe daily. HA!
An excellent model! Well done!
Good video. Many questions answered.
@aqueousone That would be a nice back-up when a safe autorotation is not possible. Air bags under the seat would be nice too. Even safer would be to just leave it in the garage, however, to live a good life one should live as though one had already died.
Meu amigo explica como focina o sistema em baixo e como focioana a ligaçao dos cabos que eleva as pas por baixo do banco!!!
How does the cyclic control work at the top rotor. I notice that there isn't a swash plate.?
The swashplate is inside the center mast.
Gosh coordinating all that must be a challenge that I wish I could master. nice video, very infornmative and simple to understand, but as you say, your body has to figure it out. thanks. best wishes Hayden
@dambam1000 A Private Pilot Rating typically costs about $7,500.
Wow that's pretty close to getting a CDL here in the State of Washington
How often do you need ot change the belts? I imagine you probably wouldn't let them get as worn as you might on a car ;)
Good question. As speed increases the loss of lift from the retreating blade theoretically will eventually invert the aircraft, but helicopters don't fly that fast.
Hi, Jerry, nice video. How much Does this beaty mosquito cost?
Is there any webpage where I can look at it? How much experience did you have before you flew this? Thank you so much. Regards from Chile
Thanks Carol. The factory doesn't make this model anymore. Mine has been rebuilt and is for sale for $20,000. I have an Airline Transport Rating with type ratings in Learjets and Falcon 50s, 10,000 + hours. Also rotorcraft Private Pilot rated with about 500 hours in various machines. Here's a look at the Mosquito factory in Florida: ruclips.net/video/oQ4ENu7QKoY/видео.html
@@jerrywsoloflex Thank you so much for your reply. I'll check the info you're sending me. My best for you! 👌
SHE SURE MAKES YOUR COPTER LOOK NICE!
Hi... very..nice... what is your country
Hillsboro Oregon USA
Tq... very much...for reply..
Plz...send ur mail id
Great job ....beautiful helicopter...thanks for share your videos...very interesting ...
shes very attractive in a wifely kind of way, a naturally beautiful and elegant woman and not a tart
Contact number sent me and details
Steve Fox TRUE
Explain the "controls are offset 90 degrees" thing a bit more. I don't recall that from poking spinning gyroscopes. When I poked them they'd just start some kind of weird precession... but then I was poking them at the top.
+CHOPPERGIRL AIRWAR Gyroscopic procession : when force is applied to a rotating body, the reaction from that force occurs 25% later in the rotation
Errr.... when a force is applied to anything, I think a reaction from that force should occur immediately, unless you are getting into einstein territory...
....and being sure to look at things on a molecular level, no macro level, which could hide a reaction because of the elasticity of the object. For example, kicking a soccer ball, the soccer ball will not immediately move in total because of inertia, but it certainly is deforming and reacting at the point of impact and the reaction is traveling through the air inside and across the surface of the soccer ball...
CHOPPERGIRL's AIRWAR GOOD
@ht448 its called "auto-rotation"... look it up.
@automateanything Well, it hasn't quit yet. Two-stroke air-cooled engines are notoriously unreliable but this one, an MZ-202, may prove the exception. It's an Italian design, manufactured in BC, Canada.
A helicopter reacts like a gyroscope! Very interesting. Never thought about that!
Good work and information about basic skills for flying helicopter
I feel those tanks are too close to the pilot for my comfort! Would it affect the CG drastically if they were moved rearwards?
What machine do you use??
Kindness radiating from her, just like my sweet girlfriend who loves me to the moon and back. Ps. I love helicopters
I love your work just love it thank you
hi jerry is there a gyro for the tail rotor or is it all done by foot
Very pretty.....
Oh!... And the chopper is nice, too .
How is it that the helicopter flies without a tail rotor to create anti torque?
Bubba000 NOTARS.Basically throw the exhaust gases on movable rudders on the tail which you control from the cockpit.
2. Contra rotating blades which neutralize each other. Blades could be on one shaft or tandem. Chinook , KA 52
An ultralight helicopter, a sure-fire way to pick up women! LOL!
2:35 We have a bad ass over here and I like it.
Alex Ω this guy is stupid
Brilliant Jerry well explained . Looks well made machine
Thanks, once a flight instructor - always a flight instructor. I got about 650 flights out of my two Mosquito helicopters before they failed in flight. Experimental is the right category for sure.
how much does it cost to learn to fly a helicopter ?
Thanks Jerry! That was very educational for all of us out here that love helicopters, but that don't know a thing about them. Very nice of you to share. Heather in now a STAR! I love you Heather, can I have your autograph? :D
@konigludwig2 Ha! You just want to meet Heather. The covered bridge is on our south 40.
Please, I repeat the question from shanta trasaily , what is this engine, and how much cc and HP?
Thanks !
mosquito-helicopter.info/Mosquito_Model_Air.html
Greetings from the UK!
Really nice machine.
I flew model helis in the 80s/90s then moved onto flexwing trikes (couldnt afford a heli)
ive had 5 engine failures in 2000 hours.
How reliable have you found this? What engine is it?
How much did it cost you build one?
I bought mine assembled by the factory. $40,000.
Well-explained, thank you! Cute assistant, too... ;)
Heather is a good sport.
Great video. I loved the close ups of all the working parts. I always wondered what was going on under the fuselage. Is this the same as the mosquito without the bodywork ?
James Mills It’s the Mosquito Air. Aptly named.😀
I am planing on builing 1,i just want to know if a manual engine works.
Oh wow! I always wondered how they work. Very informative. So cool you don’t need a license to fly this, being an ultra lite and all. I want one!!!! 🤗🚁
There's nothing better than an awesome machine with a pretty girl in it :o)
That thing weighs less than me... I guess there's a weight limit for the pilot?
Thank you Jerry, and Heather!
I'll forward your comments. She is a doll, isn't she!
Jerry Wilson this is just the best video I have watched today great content. And the only one where someone explains something to someone on screen. The heli is beautiful to look at as is heather. Can you and she make more please ? Ps love your shepherd too.
Hello sir sorry i want to ask if the front propeller drive shaft and the tail propeller drive shaft where tu buy?
Thanks
Great tutorial. Thanks!
nice helicopter how do I to buy one, its coast and adress please.
Kinda cool mate. But in normal helicopter, when you want to take off or lift up from the ground, do you really have to press the left pedal? I thought the function of tail rotor blade is to counter act the movement of the emphanage cause of the top blade, means you don't have to do anything when lift up, just use the collective lever.
Hey, isn't that The Famous Heather?
It's not Heather Brooke ...
So cool! I'm really interested in buying and learning to fly one of these! Where can I find information to accomplish this? Thank you new subscriber
Yep , shes a cuttie
Where can I learn like this, I really want it sir ... ??
Perfect "girl next door".
@mrajan999999 No problem. You can start practicing cyclic control now, just balance a broom in the palm of your hand while tap-dancing, reciting the Gettysburg address and texting with your left hand.
Iam from Indonesia country and so I am very like see your vidio...
Jerry, Great video. You sound a lot like Tom Seleck.