Very cool vid, thanks! The body-cam plus the rollout and pre-flight inspection made me feel like I was there! I've always loved flying and would love to get into something like this, but I'm not sure it's the best place for a novice to start, even after the required training! Haha.
To Cool to see that area from the air.... I grew up here in Marion and have never seen it from the air.... Sounds like a bucket list item... Thanks and be safe....
Wow l, what a beautiful, green area that you live in. I live in Northumberland UK and we also have stunning countryside…with a few castle scattered around 😂
That certainly looks like more than side play in bearings. I’m not a full-size helo pilot, but that looks very similar to tracking issues I’ve had with some classic rc helos. I’d be significantly worried about the airframe loads that vibration is causing. Hope you solve it!
That was AMAZING!! Thanks for the flight captain!! Truly worth it...wow that was so cool... again thank you...both my son and I enjoyed that virtual flight...
Thanks for the aerial view, I live on the east side of Belleview, not far from Back Achers Airfield. Only been here about 5 1/2 years but getting to know the area fairly well. I enjoyed you flight.
Thank you. I enjoyed it. Had planned some more for this year but had some engine and control issues to address. Hope to do more in the spring. I'm not familiar with that airfield. I'll have to look it up.
Great flight! Is there a way to git rid of some of that vibration out of the stick..That would drive me nuts!. Perhaps balance the rotors or add a little friction to the stick?..Thanks!
I have balanced the rotors 3 times very small adjustments. I think the stick movement is bearings that I loosened too much on initial install i'm working on those now.
@@FlyNavy blade balance, track and control linkages all work together. If anything is even the slightest out of perfect vibrations such as this are common, however after more fine tuning he will get it resolved, he is definitely on the right track.
this is the closest we have to flying cars. The privacy, the easyness of use etc makes it almost like driving a car, except the price obvioulsy. So cool nonetheless.
Chasing down those vibration gremlins is a pain. I fly an Aerolite 103 an had some strange vibrations. After months of trying to find the cause, doing a tyre replacement I noticed a very slight slop in a wheel bearing. That was it. A wheel bearing.
I thought this one was in the control rod bearings. After replacing them all, I found some sticking in both control rod guides at the mast that probably was the primary issue. I'll be testing next month.
Cool heli. I live 5 mins south of Jumbolair. Maybe I'll see you in the air sometime:). Not sure if you're familiar with 12 oaks (5fl7) but I grew up on that airport :-)
@@FlyNavy right on. I haven't actually flown in quite a few years since my dad passed but I grew up flying flying a Cessna 120, 150, Cherokee 140 and my dad and I built a KR2 together. Definitely a good part of my life :-)
I stumbled upon this video scrolling through RUclips, wondering if you were the one who flew right over our house, which you were lol. It must be fun up there, Belleview is so much more different in the sky than down below 😂
It is very enjoyable. I'm going to do some other town fly overs next year. I see driving videos through towns and think it would be interesting to see them from the air.
This is a great video. I just flew over Belleview in MSFS2020 on hard settings in the Bell 407. Sure is a beauty up there. Flew from Leeward Air Ranch r/w 01, and you can guess where I landed :).
Damn, that`s a lot of feedback on your cyclic channel. At certain parts of the video, it looks like you have vertical vibration issue 1/1 (track of the main rotor blades) I would recommend checking the cyclic channel from a to b again, pay special attention for both axial and radial play at rod ends, bell cranks etc.. then performing track and balance check.
I know. Some don't read previous posts. That is my plan for this winter. I'm pulling the whole control path and replacing bearings. Then I'll have to redo lead/lag and tracking.
The climb rate is impressive. Youre living life brother. Belleview is about 40 miles north from me. The main drag you flew over should be 301 if im not mistaken.
But it doesn't shake when the cycle is centered. Either on the deck or in a hover. I think the balance is good. I think the bearings in the control path are tight and loose. Not safety of flight level but enough to cause this feedback.
That seems like a lot of vibration in the cyclic. Did the factory balance the blades? Tracking would be second to check. It's just my opinion but you could start there. You should check all the linkages too for bearing issues. I hope this helps... I wouldn't fly it until you figure it out. Good luck. Thank you for sharing your video. Take care, Be safe
I didn't say they were bad. But they did have some play. I have replaced all 4 and they reduced the vibration. I'm thinking about pulling the head and the control path and checking all the bearings.
I have over 1500hrs flying either the Eurocopter EC145 or the Bell Jet Ranger, I'm not really sure about strapping into a Mosquito even though it looks fun to fly
About 1100 of my hours are in the Jet Ranger. This thing is really a lot of fun. It's not as fast and the fuel range is limited to about 130 miles. If you thought a regular helo was not for cross countries this one is even more limited. But it is basic flying at its best.
Beautiful home, beautiful aircraft, I admire your success, and I hope to be where you are one day.
Thanks.
@@FlyNavy what do you do for a living?
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Cyclic controls shake a lot. Is that the issue you mentioned in the start of the video? I would think that would make your hand get numb
That is the issue I mentioned. It's not the right frequency to make your hand numb. But it is quite annoying.
Nice helicopter but THAT GRASS! Holy moly.
Bahia grass. It's what's on a lot of the horse farms around here.
What a stunning piece of kit, love all the clean machined parts…..
The factory has a nice CNC machine to cut the custom stuff.
Time flies when you’re having fun, you’re having fun while flying. 😁 that was a great flight.
Oh man that was awesome!!! So cool to be able to take off and fly whenever you damn well please (and weather permitting) - great video and sounds!
Thanks. That's why we moved here!
that is just amazing man. what a cool little bird - you can fly anywhere.
Your living my Dream Man🤙
Bud this is great I love this thing you enjoy your toy I know I would be enjoying it if I was there take care stay safe my friend.
Thanks 👍
Nice complete flight video! I am professional airplane pilot but I really love helicopters! Thanks for share with us! Like from Brazil.
Cool video! I'm a belleview local so it's pretty cool to see our little town from a bird's eye view
Great video, thank you for letting me fly with you. Best regards from Germany Hamburg👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very cool vid, thanks! The body-cam plus the rollout and pre-flight inspection made me feel like I was there!
I've always loved flying and would love to get into something like this, but I'm not sure it's the best place for a novice to start, even after the required training! Haha.
To Cool to see that area from the air.... I grew up here in Marion and have never seen it from the air.... Sounds like a bucket list item... Thanks and be safe....
Wow, Beautiful Upload friend. keep it up. Thank you for sharing this to us. Greetings from Korea
Enjoyed your video. Moved to Belleview about 4 months ago. Love it! 301 is probably my favorite route to anywhere.
Good luck and have a safe and also happy flying.😊
That was awesome! Thank you for sharing
Wow l, what a beautiful, green area that you live in. I live in Northumberland UK and we also have stunning countryside…with a few castle scattered around 😂
No castles here. But a lot of beautiful house ranches.
Nice Flat Horizon Thanks .
That certainly looks like more than side play in bearings. I’m not a full-size helo pilot, but that looks very similar to tracking issues I’ve had with some classic rc helos. I’d be significantly worried about the airframe loads that vibration is causing. Hope you solve it!
i'd be getting my money back. Look at any other mosquito/helicycle vid, none of them show a cyclic vibrating around all crazy like this.
It's not a money back kind of thing. I built it. And I think I found and repaired the problem.
@@FlyNavy good for you,,how much you have invested in heli
About $75k. $80k if you include the covered trailer to haul it around in.
@@FlyNavy what ended up being the problem?
That was AMAZING!! Thanks for the flight captain!! Truly worth it...wow that was so cool... again thank you...both my son and I enjoyed that virtual flight...
You're welcome.
i dont think helo pilots are called captain
Awesome Tour, Thank You !!!
I would be so happy to be able to do that, have fun for both of us😊
@@Erxch I will. It's an enjoyable experience.
Thanks for the aerial view, I live on the east side of Belleview, not far from Back Achers Airfield. Only been here about 5 1/2 years but getting to know the area fairly well. I enjoyed you flight.
Thank you. I enjoyed it. Had planned some more for this year but had some engine and control issues to address. Hope to do more in the spring. I'm not familiar with that airfield. I'll have to look it up.
Enjoyed the flight vid! Thanks for sharing. Love the sound of turbines spooling up. :)
Me too!
Nice and awesome. It almost lasted an Hour in the Air.😊
It has 1.7 hours of fuel, but i generally only may 1 hour. :)
Enjoyed the flight😁
Good to hear. Me too!!!
Awesome paint job
Thanks
Good video! I love helicopters. I live down the road in Crestview. :)
I used to fly to Crestview when I was an instructor in P-cola.
Excellent flight, thanks for sharing
This has to be the coolest toy ever. Freedom in 3 dimensions, can fly from your yard, and has a turbine engine.
I would agree, but I could be biased. ;)
Very detailed preflight. Nice work
Thanks.
when pushing the starter I was expecting the sound of a lawnmower, but then this!!! Awesome!
That was one of the smaller reasons I spent the extra $20k for the turbine. I flew miltary my whole career and certainly missed that sound.
@@FlyNavywhat turbine
@@xXPsychoStick???
Yay. You landed. I be crying and soaking my wrist in ice
Nice looking grass.
This is about the only thing I would give up riding motorcycles for if I could afford one
Amazing video! I was glad to read that you found/resolved the vibration issue! I’m going to start taking lessons when I retire next summer.
Very cool. I had a 25 year gap in my flying. It was fun to start again.
That engine sounds beautiful mate. Would love to fly one of these someday.
Thanks. Hope to have it in the air again soon.
You have very nice flight
This was beautiful, thank you
enjoyed watching your videos!
Thanks for sharing.😊
This is one of the best videos on youtube awesome channel.
Thanks. Hope to have more up in the next couple of months.
Thanks for taking me for a ride. Enjoyed flying and enjoyed the video. You have a nice looking helicopter there. Be safe.
You're welcome
excellent video..
Thanks.
Inclosed grease works just fine if you have dry ice to quickly cool down the low viscosity of the grease.
That was so badass you got it made what a beautiful life
Thanks.
Have to get a pilot license to get one of these.i have found that out doing research as well as training
It is certainly recommended.
Amazing little heli! Love it!!
Félicitations et bonjour du nord de la France 🇨🇵 . Congratulations and hello from the north of France 🇨🇵.
Thanks.
Great flight! Is there a way to git rid of some of that vibration out of the stick..That would drive me nuts!. Perhaps balance the rotors or add a little friction to the stick?..Thanks!
I have balanced the rotors 3 times very small adjustments. I think the stick movement is bearings that I loosened too much on initial install i'm working on those now.
@@FlyNavy blade balance, track and control linkages all work together. If anything is even the slightest out of perfect vibrations such as this are common, however after more fine tuning he will get it resolved, he is definitely on the right track.
Hey, lots better than a tour of Hobbs, NM, or Baker, CA!
What a beautiful toy
Thanks
Very nice.
Fun video. Even for a Belleview flight.
this is the closest we have to flying cars. The privacy, the easyness of use etc makes it almost like driving a car, except the price obvioulsy. So cool nonetheless.
Yep. And the price isn't bad. From about $40k to $80k. So a mid grade sedan to mid grade Corvette.
Chasing down those vibration gremlins is a pain. I fly an Aerolite 103 an had some strange vibrations. After months of trying to find the cause, doing a tyre replacement I noticed a very slight slop in a wheel bearing. That was it. A wheel bearing.
I thought this one was in the control rod bearings. After replacing them all, I found some sticking in both control rod guides at the mast that probably was the primary issue. I'll be testing next month.
@@FlyNavy Obviously I can't know that's the issue, but seems like a logical one.
Cool heli. I live 5 mins south of Jumbolair. Maybe I'll see you in the air sometime:). Not sure if you're familiar with 12 oaks (5fl7) but I grew up on that airport :-)
I've been by it during my first 10 hours when I was flying out of Coleman.
@@FlyNavy right on. I haven't actually flown in quite a few years since my dad passed but I grew up flying flying a Cessna 120, 150, Cherokee 140 and my dad and I built a KR2 together. Definitely a good part of my life :-)
I took a 25 year break between military flying and this adventure. It's not too hard to get back into the swing of things.
@@FlyNavy unfortunately I now have a disability which means I'll probably never pilot again. You never know though.
Sorry to hear that. Mine was waiverable and I got a special after about 18 months of work.
Always going to have backing pressures
beautiful!
Glad you left the preflight in.
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Thanks for sharing.😊fyi
You should get air bags that are punctured and fire proof within your machine.
Just incase of unexpected potential hazards.
Cool video..well done
Beautiful helicopter! Is the stick shake normal? I have not spent much time around helicopters.
It's not normal. I've been working on correcting that. Hope to have it fixed by Spring testing.
Awesome buddy! Thanks.
You're welcome.
Grew up in ocala, went to BHS neat to see it from the air
Glad I could help. As you saw, my house is only about. 5 miles from BHS.
Finally, someone who flys their mosquito more than five feet off the ground. The preflight check should be called the “anything loose?” check.
There are other videos available, but thanks. I hope to post some more over the next couple of months.
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I stumbled upon this video scrolling through RUclips, wondering if you were the one who flew right over our house, which you were lol. It must be fun up there, Belleview is so much more different in the sky than down below 😂
It is very enjoyable. I'm going to do some other town fly overs next year. I see driving videos through towns and think it would be interesting to see them from the air.
simply wow...
This is a great video. I just flew over Belleview in MSFS2020 on hard settings in the Bell 407. Sure is a beauty up there. Flew from Leeward Air Ranch r/w 01, and you can guess where I landed :).
Sounds like fun. I love flying around here.
For real 👍
Damn, that`s a lot of feedback on your cyclic channel. At certain parts of the video, it looks like you have vertical vibration issue 1/1 (track of the main rotor blades) I would recommend checking the cyclic channel from a to b again, pay special attention for both axial and radial play at rod ends, bell cranks etc.. then performing track and balance check.
I know. Some don't read previous posts. That is my plan for this winter. I'm pulling the whole control path and replacing bearings. Then I'll have to redo lead/lag and tracking.
Amazing helicopter, incredible what you get out of 12 gallons.
This one also has the 8 gallon aux tank. It burns 11 to 12 gph. So this one can fly about 1.5 hours on both.
Dude you have a beautiful place. Good on ya. A Gyro Copter would be a good machine to fly around from your property also.
Thanks.
And I like hovering to much for a gyrocppter! ;)
@@FlyNavy …. Lol … I hear ya. Definitely can’t do that in a Gyro unless you’re in a stiff headwind.
what a beautiful countryside
It is very nice here.
I noticed the vibrations in your angular stick.
That's a beautiful little heli !
Thanks. A lot of love went into it.
@@FlyNavy no doubt! Enjoy!
Must be the down draft from your horizontal blades.😊
I enjoyed sitting in the cockpit with you on your flight. Thank you.
You're welcome
Haha you said cock
Very nice trip
Thanks.
That stick shaking around like mad would be unsettling
It's pretty fatiguing. Plan is to R&R the bearings in the control path during the winter.
Thank you for a really nice flight... this looks much more like Belleview, than Bellview though... 😉
I updated the title. Thanks for catching it.
@@FlyNavy Thanks for the ride, awesome scenery you've got.
The climb rate is impressive. Youre living life brother. Belleview is about 40 miles north from me. The main drag you flew over should be 301 if im not mistaken.
You're somewhere around Bushnell? The 3rd video is from Coleman (freeflight airport) and then there's a flight home from Coleman.
i’m from Ecuador, is really beautiful there🫶
lot of stick shake, is that normal for these
Excelente piloto Saludos desde Costa Rica que lindo vuelo😀😀
Nice. would be good to see it in the hills.
None of those here in Florida!
Looks like fun
You have a lot of cyclic feedback even on the ground rotor disk unloaded I would be looking at your main rotor blade spindle bearings for roughness.
I'll take a look at that if replacing the control path bearings doesn't fix the feedback.
Thank you pilot beautiful 🎉.
What if your way up in air and motor stalls? Or propeller stops
If the engine quits, you do something called an autorotation. Rotor isn't going to stop.
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Enjoy the ride thank you
Looks like there may be a blade balancing issue. When copter is running you can see the cyclic shaking in his hand.
But it doesn't shake when the cycle is centered. Either on the deck or in a hover. I think the balance is good. I think the bearings in the control path are tight and loose. Not safety of flight level but enough to cause this feedback.
Might be those crazy long shoe laces causing that feedback 🤔
That vibrations no joke! That doesnt give me a warm and fuzzy feeling. I hope you figured that out.
That seems like a lot of vibration in the cyclic. Did the factory balance the blades? Tracking would be second to check. It's just my opinion but you could start there. You should check all the linkages too for bearing issues. I hope this helps...
I wouldn't fly it until you figure it out.
Good luck. Thank you for sharing your video.
Take care,
Be safe
He said main rotor pitch change links have 3 out of 4 bad bearings. Think I'd be fixing that before another video
I didn't say they were bad. But they did have some play. I have replaced all 4 and they reduced the vibration. I'm thinking about pulling the head and the control path and checking all the bearings.
Judging by the sneakers, looks like you're a dad lol. Cool heli!
Correct. Once you find something that works, stick with it!
I have over 1500hrs flying either the Eurocopter EC145 or the Bell Jet Ranger, I'm not really sure about strapping into a Mosquito even though it looks fun to fly
About 1100 of my hours are in the Jet Ranger. This thing is really a lot of fun. It's not as fast and the fuel range is limited to about 130 miles. If you thought a regular helo was not for cross countries this one is even more limited. But it is basic flying at its best.
@@FlyNavy I've only seen these on video or in Mags they do look basic seat of the pants type flying. Great video Sir! Be safe!