Oshkosh 2022 - The Departure - After two days of awesome fun, it is time to depart Air Venture...
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Oshkosh 2022 Adventure (6) - Departing from Oshkosh
The morning after the night show in Oshkosh was fantastic. Blue sky from horizon to horizon, hot sun, cool breeze.
The day was busy with meeting with old friends and talking to gyro enthusiasts. Many people stopped by to ask me about my Kallithea gyro parked at the Ultralight Field. Most of them were astonished by the fact that this beautiful aircraft was not only gorgeous to look at, but it was also tough enough to fly all the way from Los Angeles to Oshkosh… and was about to do it again on the way back home.
Two days at Oshkosh allows you plenty of time to see the interesting stuff, so I made a decision to depart for Kenosha after the afternoon air show, I watched some of fantastic acts in the air then headed to the Ultralight field to preflight the gyro for the short hop out of Oshkosh.
I have to admit I was worried about the procedures I had to follow to depart from the main runway. I was familiar with the NOTAM and all of its information, but since this was my very first visit here, I was nervous. I pushed the gyro to the edge of the Ultralight Field where it is about 100 yards from Taxiway P5 and sat there waiting for the afternoon air show to end and the airfield to open.
The moment the smoke from aerobatic airplanes cleared above the main runways, quite a few airplanes on the ground came to life - I was not the only one leaving. Flight line personnel helped me cross from the Ultralight Field to the grass next to Taxiway P5, and passed me onto the next set of volunteers. I was allowed to start my engine, warm it up and do my runup. When I was ready, I was directed to follow the hand signals of series of flightline guides. As I got closer and closer to Runway 36L, I was also listening to 118.9 on the radio. An enthusiastic female voice cleared me for takeoff on runway 36L, wished me a safe flight, and a goodbye until next year.
It takes the Kallithea about 40 seconds to pre-rotate, so before I knew it, I was speeding down the runway, climbing out and turning to heading 150 as I was departing the biggest GA airplane gathering in the world.
When executing a plan, sometimes we just go through the steps, but I also allowed myself to marvel at the site I was leaving behind. It was clear now that all my worries about my departure were unfounded - everything was extremely well organized, and all volunteers were simply amazing. Thank you, Oshkosh, thank you EAA…
Immediately to the south I had to pass through the airspace of the temporary tower at Fond du Lac. There was some momentary confusion with so many planes flooding from the north, but it was soon sorted out and there were no close calls with the traffic leaving or landing at that airport.
A little further to the south it actually felt a bit lonely. Aircraft were spreading out in all directions heading home, so the congestions in the skies around me quickly melted away.
It takes a little more than an hour to get to Kenosha. The weather was perfect, there was plenty of daylight still ahead. I allowed myself to enjoy the sights Wisconsin has to offer.
At Kenosha, I was given Rwy. 25L to land. Knowing the horrible condition of the surface of that runway, I decide to land long, almost at the exit taxiway. This allowed me to bypass some of the gaps in the asphalt, but not all. The only solution was to almost stop, and slowly crawl over them.
Well, as I reached the hangar, I was closing the chapter on my first visit to Oshkosh. There were so many emotions bottled in, that it would probably take me few days to process.
For now, though, I had to prepare for the next chapter, the visit to the 60th PRA Convention at Mentone, Indiana…
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Love the video what a pleasure coming with you on this awesome adventure thank you for the trip
Thank you for the kind words… and thank you for watching…
Very nice flight 😊
Thank you for watching…
Great flyght enjoyed it .
It was a very relaxed flight once I departed Air Venture... but I have to admit, I was stressing out right before takeoff...
I'm not a pilot. Seems like there is a lot of vibration with the stick & would be very tiring to constantly hold it. Gyroplanes do not have a auto pilot I guess?? Wondering why you don't fly like 3000 ft to be safer or are you safer closer to ground??? Enjoy flying with you, you seem to be a good pilot.
Thank you for watching...
All rotorcraft deal with more vibrations than fixed wing aircraft, so balancing the rotor is important in an attempt to reduce these vibrations. That being said, my videos are not a good way to judge the level of vibrations, because there are many factors inpacting the visuals.
My grip on the stick is fairly loose, so I don't ever remember to feel pain after landing or to experience the dred of going back in the air.
I have flown way above 3,000feet AGL when the situation asks for it, but I usually stay around 2,000 feet AGL - high enough to avoid the cropdusters and the radio antenas, and low enough to stay away from teh fast moving airplanes who usually do not expect to encounter slower rotorcradft at their altituded.
Awesome journey …..
Awesome !
Thank you for watching…
Nice job capturing the landscape. You might think differently seeing it when the trees have no leaves with snow all over. Southern California is just fine if one can deal with the politics, traffic, and congestion. Be well and happy flying!
Haha... I did not want to say it, but cold winters are not my thing. I would not mind a white Christmas, but I have to be in shorts on the 26th... And we are correct that there is a price we pay for enjoying the best weather...
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Thank you. Sure WI has winters that completely change our scenery but we also have wonderful colorful falls and springs not just near perfect summers. Its better up here than you think to me Cal is too hot, too polluted, too expensive, too crowded, not to mention too dangerous. And the oceans cold at least the lakes in WI warm up in summer for swimming etc.
Don't you love the diversity in this country... in climate I mean... ;)
I've enjoyed watching this series...... Are you coming back to Oshkosh this year?
I am not sure what my schedule would be in the summer. I am probably not flying the gyro from California again by myself - it is a lot of work... I am open for flying with a group of gyros, though...
"And spread the gyro gospel to all who would listen" - that's what we do. We can't help it...😁
True... ;)
I'm wondering if you will take another path back to LA ?
Stay tuned... those videos are coming soon... ;)
Love your videos. What do you think your average ground speed was after leaving the airport and heading for home? You appear to be travelling faster than the vehicles on the highway below.
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In cruise mode I am usually traveling at 85-90 knots of indicated air speed. This is way faster than most vehicles on the road. There have been cases when strong headwinds would reduce by ground speed to 60 knots.
Excuse-me, i'm brazilian, would like to know, what's miles do you flyed?
Overall miles are hard to calculate, but if you watch the videos from the previous days, you will see the performance numbers at the end of the video.
It took me 4 days to fly from Los Angeles to Kenosha, and another 4 days on the way home. This time includes some short weather delays.
@@lagyro i will go watch all your videos. Tanks.
@@lagyroand... Congratulations.
Really like your video except for your choice of background music which is in the foreground most of the time. Very annoying.
I hear you, but in the end of the day we must agre to disagree... Misic is an integral part of the creative process, so it is here to stay. I will make any effort to make it "better"... ;)
Does the vibration that is visible in the stick cause any fatigue?
Nothing I can report... There has not been a flight that made me be grateful to land so I can rest my arm...
@@lagyro Wondered about that, also any increase in maintenance due to increased vibrations?
@@kloss213 when I received my first gyro, a part of the training included receiving information that I should be very diligent about checking bolt torque during inspections. So, I do that on a regular basis... I have never owned a plane, so I have nothing to compare...
How does the rotor pre-rotate if it`s not powered? During flight does it rotate due to the air flow?
Modern gyroplanes have a pre-rotator designed to connect the engine to the rotor for a limited tine just to bring the rotor speed high enough to sustain autorotation. Before takeoff, the engine is disconencted from the rotor, the rotro gets tilted back and the gyro starts moving forward. The rushing air spins the rotor fester and fster until it spins fast enough to create enough lift for the gyro to takeoff. In flight, the rotor is in constant regime of autorotation. The pilot has no direct influence on the rotor speed... Mother Nature takes care of this just perfectly...
@@lagyro , I undestand, thanks! But in terms of rpm, what are typical values for pre-rotation, take-off and flight?
@@paloureiro Please take "typical" with a grain of salt... Typically we talk about 200 RPM of prerotation, typical rotor speeds in flight 340 - 400 RPM. Many factors affect the speed of the rotor - density altitude, rotor size, gyro weight, etc...
@@lagyro , thank you!
Area was nice But the racists that live there, ya can keep it.
What are you refering to?
if ya never lived there you won't know. it's very under the radar but it lives big there. ya have to be there for a while, not a visit, how do you think those people formed that state? they killed all the tribes there and stole it. As I said if you are a foreigner in any way and you are there, it will find you.@@lagyro that place is the home of Trumpers.Anybody who is different they will let you know quick.LIKE the flying But will never go there. hope that answers your question since it seems you really know nothing about your new home.
I still can't figure out what exact area you are refering to? Wisconsin?
@@lagyro Yes, the whole state, to one degree or another.
@@brucesweatman2146 I will have to disagre with you, but... maybe I am not seeing something you know...