Very special indeed. The guy was towed. Trials like these make progress the knowledge of aeronautical science. When this vdo produced.The test pilot is sure a courageous guy.

I've have flown hang-gliders for 24 years and have a Master's rating, but I have to admit that in all that time and experience I've never before seen or heard of an ultralight gyrocopter hang-glider! Very unique indeed -- thanks for sharing that.

@leifvejby8023

6 жыл бұрын

And doesn't seem to perform much worse than a standard rogallo!

@mikebe41

6 жыл бұрын

what does it take to get a mastets rating

@user-jz3vc9kd2j

6 жыл бұрын

Lol if you were really an H-5 license holder you would have the smarts to know this is fake

@user-jz3vc9kd2j

6 жыл бұрын

mikebe41 lol he is full of crap...

@mandarin1257

5 жыл бұрын

@@user-jz3vc9kd2j it isn't fake, he's being pulled by a car and the aircraft is an autogyro, which means the blades spin due to the craft's forward motion. Look it up if you don't believe me.

I just couldn't believe they were right next to the high voltage power lines flying a kite

@Nojgrossnickler

Жыл бұрын

Me too! Was probably the longest straightest uncontrolled road they could find

A gyro copter has no motor attached to the rotor blades. The blades are free spinning. The gyro copter is normally propelled forwards by a tow rope or by a standard aircraft engine/propeller arrangement. As the gyro copter moves forward, the moving air flows upwards thru the rotor blades causing the blades to spin. As the blades spin, they create the lift necessary for flight. This gyro copter has no motor. It is being towed by a car, the forward speed causes the blades to spin.

The amazing thing about John Dickenson's 1963 invention, the Pendulum Weight Shift Control System is that it can be used for any wing configuration. This brings it full circle, John was working on auto-gyros before he invented the Modern Hang Glider.

The amazing thing is his thought process. His ability to construct this successful machine overcoming all of the challenges of dissimilar lift, control and weight. My word, did he leave any writings? Who are his living ancestors? Who knew him? I want people like him surrounding me. We could get things done!

@rapira5052

Жыл бұрын

I know him. His name is Viktor Shumeyko. He's from Russia. This video was shot in 1995

@crawford323

Жыл бұрын

@@rapira5052 Tell him please that he has a big fan in Texas USA , if that means anything in these crazy DaYS. One brother pilot to another.

Remarkable ! I have never seen anything like it before .

Wowh .... what bravery to belt such thing on ... climbing rate is mind boggling. Never heard about this glider concept even not studying last years a lot about gyrocopter . Tks for sharing 👍

@rapira5052

Жыл бұрын

I know him. His name is Viktor Shumeyko. He's from Russia. This video was shot in 1995

I can't tell you how many times I have thought about this. Not as easy as it looks...well done. This has many uses despite needing a tow.

If you look at the video you will SEE that it is being pulled aloft by a car.

A bit like a 'very special' windmill working at an extreme angle of yaw. Yes, the airflow is wonky, asymmetrical, and counter-intuitive for some, but it does work. They are still used for gyro training, & were used in anger during WW2 - see Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 on Wikipedia and KZread. The 'windmill' does need to be carefully designed and built for this to work. It was the crowning achievement of rotorcraft pioneer Juan de la Cierva. See also 'boom trainer' gyro.

I imagine the glide slope was about 45°. I remember seeing about 20 years ago some company made an RC autogyro glider for slope soaring.

This thing is really unique! Terrific!!

Wow, this is the future of hang gliding.

The advantage of this machine is simplicity. Only rotor moves.

How is he able to gain altitude with no propulsion? Was it super windy that day? Seems incredible.

@evgenyyudin1952

Жыл бұрын

Winch

Es increible! La sustentación la recibe de la helice (rotor) y si ningun tipo de motor. Alucinante!

@sergiobaena1928

2 жыл бұрын

lo que tiene de cierto este video yo lo tengo de astronauta jaja

@JoseA-Divergent

2 жыл бұрын

@@sergiobaena1928 Te diria que estudiases Aerodinámica... Entonces asi comprenderias por que es factible. además no nha sido facil, pues el pilota ha tenido que correr mucho y rápido.

@sergiobaena1928

2 жыл бұрын

es demasiado peso , para que pueda hacer eso

@Lauffer05 gyrocopters don't need motors technically. They're falling...with style. But of course, they only work in high wind or with a propeller in the back pushing it forwards.

Klasse!!! Es gibt noch mutige Männer. Respekt!!!

@pixelsilva Your right,thank you.I was wondering how it's flying,now I know.

Balls of steel

@johnnyj540

10 жыл бұрын

I learned to fly on a Benson B-8m gyro copter in the mid '70s and people thought I was nuts but this guy is just plane crazy.

@mandarin1257

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnnyj540 I see what you did there.

Looks like it has a pretty slow speed before it autorotates effectively (the guy isn't running very fast before he manages lift-off using a tow line), but is there any footage of a gyrocopter like this taking off from a slope without a tow? If it works well enough, it also seems like it should be more popular. (Instead of seeing just this one bit of old video.) Or does it just not offer much if any real advantage over fabric or plastic airfoil hangliders?)

Very nice, but, a little dangerous on landing, Does the torque of the blade rotation effect handling,? Maybe if you had a tiny 2 stroke motor to speed up the blade, you could do amazing things..

That's bravery right there.

@pixelsilva Pranked? No, why. The spoken text on the video explicitly says the gyro glider is towed on the cable by the car to lift it. Once the pilot releases the tow cable, he starts descending and lands. And it's not a helicopter, it's an autogyro, an aircraft which has a totally different operation principle and just looks similar.

So it would appear that the (extra)momentum that the car provides at takeoff(going faster than the guy can run once lift is achieved)is what actually provides the speed for the rotor to give the gyro flight time then...Is this correct anyone? As there is no engine to provide that much momentum for lift?

Gostei, muito maneiro , se essa onda pega vai ser um estouro !!

Materials needed to construct this aircraft: some twigs, and bubble gum,

@1islam1

3 жыл бұрын

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Surely some line is pulling it you can see gaining speed after airborne

@cateyesexperimentalaircraf594

3 жыл бұрын

There is

HE IS EITHER GOING INTO ONE HELL OF A HEADWIND, OR HE IS BEING TOWED BY A LINE THAT WE CAN'T SEE, OR HE HAS INVENTED A REALLY TINY ENGINE INSIDE THE SUPPORT BARS, OR HE IS SUPERMAN.....

@ultralightnews

9 жыл бұрын

***** Is being towed into the air by a car.

@bcbeadsworth

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah you are dead right, there is a vehicle way ahead in front of him, can been seen just after take off.

@scottcozart8950

8 жыл бұрын

+Poo Face hang glider not hand glider

@mammedish

8 жыл бұрын

+chpnlzt he's not Superman - he's Russian ))))

@EdwardJerezG

7 жыл бұрын

+John M Read about how it works on this page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autogyro

I´m very interested to build once. Where is it possible hat have buildingplanes?? Please help.

Can this jump over a cliff like hang-gliders do ? Will the rotor reach the necessary speed in time ? Great !!!

@chrismofer

4 жыл бұрын

not in a freefall, but you could probably run around to prerotate it

@MrPilotStunts

Жыл бұрын

I suppose

@huyquenota During ww2 German submarines had a similar device that they would pull with a man on board to checkout over the horizon for ships or planes. Unfortunately if they got caught short the gentleman on the gyro would be cut loose to take care of himself.

@pixelsilva regular hang gliders... and sailplanes do the same thing, next would be a test from a cliff i spose...

He's being towed. Gyrocopters have no motor driving the rotor; the rotor is driven by the air passing through it. Here the tow rope takes the place of thrust from the propeller in a normal gyrocopter. This is from the 1980s; it was a cool stunt but a very inefficient way to build a hang glider.

@waelahmed2871

7 жыл бұрын

u mean there is no engine use in that .. how !!? whats its name to google it plz

@freezatron

6 жыл бұрын

There is a distinction between propellers and rotors, propellers provide thrust and rotors provide lift (and thrust in the case of helicopters) this Autogyro(copter) has rotors, not propellers :)

@mandarin1257

5 жыл бұрын

@@waelahmed2871 It's an autogyro without an engine. The blades spin due to forward motion. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autogyro

But how??? It requires an engine to push you forward, how does running does what engine is required to do

What happens if you drop the thing on landing!!!

Killer! Tell me about the rotor blades...

now that was way cool if you had a big hill to run down.. look out below. or up. lol great video thanks for posting it.

@lemorlenny There are probably a small Jets on the tips of the wings (rotor) to propel maybe pulsed motor jets the easiest to use but real hot.

@rapira5052

Жыл бұрын

No.

nice tail landing

@pixelsilva Yeah.. It's not a kite, it still would need lift to stay airborne.

Anybody knows the rotor diameter on this thing ? Would be nice to know the empty weight too !

@nameberry220

4 жыл бұрын

I am guessing the empty weight is around 30KG. It looks like the blades are around 4m. Here is a great article discussing the design of gyro wings. www.buildagyrocopter.com/designing-gyrocopter-rotor-blades/ Note how they say you don't want to exceed 8.8 kg/m2 disc loading. At 165KG the Hoppi-Copter had a rotor diameter of 4.9m and a disk loading of 8.8 kg/m2 according to this Wikipedia article. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoppi-Copter I think this an interesting design and wish I knew more about it too!

Der Mann ist wirklich einsame Weltklasse ! Grüsse tobo

but can it thermal?

@pixelsilva how did we get pranked if the they say that he is being towed.by a car?

How does it work?????

With out a pusher moter how is he getting the autogyro to spin up to create lift?

@ultralightnews

4 жыл бұрын

He is being towed by a vehicle.

I've seen a rotor wing on a weight shift powered trike also, I wonder why this concept hasn't been put into more production.

@nameberry220

4 жыл бұрын

I am very interested in hearing any discussion on this topic. I believe one of the first challenges for a weight shift gyro will be that the controls are not intuitive. Because of the way forces interact with a gyro if you weight shift to the right/pull down the right gyro wing - it'll send the nose up. This will happen in all directions that you weight shift> All gyroplanes/gyrocopters take this effect into account when designing their controls and the controls are offset 90 degrees.

@georgethalman1639

Жыл бұрын

You are not weight shifting you are the weight hanging in the center CG and you are pulling that triangle over to the right to turn right or to the left or pulling it under you to go nose down or pushing it away from you to hover or nose up of course you have to have the speed if it's going to climbing altitude otherwise it just will settle to the ground if you do not have at least from what I've read a 22 mph wind and of course that all depends on how much you weigh and the diameter of the rota props but yes you are not pulling your weight over your pulling the triangle to the right left forward or aft...

whats the Name of the first song?

love the idea

That's an alien... great for the X files ... lol

How the heck did he do that?

they said it was being towed

Omg i need one this .yeah plans please

Brave guy !

The free-spinning rotors create lift and allow for gentle landings, I GET THAT. I concede that in a headwind he can get airborne by running and leaping. But once he's up there, how does he create thrust? Tiny rocket engines?

@ultralightnews

7 жыл бұрын

He is being towed by a car. The Ultralight Flyer

@MrPilotStunts

Жыл бұрын

No thrust here, glide back down

Fantastic!!

The Germans had something very similar they towed from U Boats for observation

@nejsig

9 жыл бұрын

Correct, there is an original one on display at the Egeskov museum in Denmark .

@Lee-70ish

9 жыл бұрын

nejsig And the Science museum in London

@justiceforsethrichwwg1wga160

5 жыл бұрын

That’s how I get to work

@mandarin1257

5 жыл бұрын

Yup, and these contraptions are called gyrokites.

@mandarin1257

5 жыл бұрын

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Achgelis_Fa_330

It has no engine. Who turns the propeller ?

Where is the engine ?

how make Gyrocopter hang glider Please reply to me sir and making vdo hear so searing you tube

Saludos desde Mexico, es brillante su Hang Glider y que puedan hacer volar algo como eso es increíble si me lo contaran.

@washingtonluizvasconcelos2740

2 жыл бұрын

Eu nunca tinha visto assim. Incrível mesmo.

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Why on earth would you fly in mid winter with snow everywhere?? Try doing it on a hot summer's afternoon launching off a steep hill..

Nunca tinha visto isso antes. Like.

@kirbylee57 there is a car towing it watch the video half way through

Haha, awesome. Gotta add that to the list.

Incredible...

So nice ...so great...👌👌👌👌👌👌

Mann du bist Spitze !!! Grüsse Toni

congratulation pixelsilva (:

But comrade why do we have to fly right next to high tension power lines?

@cybair9341

6 жыл бұрын

Bob - You are right. Towing a glider along a line of telephone poles was more dangerous than flying the glider. The glider and the pilot were first class though.

@Bialy_1

4 жыл бұрын

@@cybair9341 Someone comented 5 years before you made this comment that week later he was at this guy funeral...

@Bialy_1

4 жыл бұрын

@@cybair9341 Someone comented 5 years before you made this comment that week later he was at this guy funeral...

@rapira5052

Жыл бұрын

​@@Bialy_1 He lied. The author's name is Viktor Shumeyko. He's from Russia. This video was shot in 1995. Now Victor is alive and is building a new gyroplane.

В 80-90-е автожиры были очень популярны в России. Простота в изготовлении, минимальный разбег при взлëте и посадке. Но такой минималистический автожир я не думал увидеть... Я сразу узнал что это Россия, но вот вопрос: ротор он раскрутил исключительно силой мышц, или за спиной есть моторчик?

I learned to fly on a Benson B8M gyrocopter and people thought I was nuts, but this guy....

@MeesterVegas

7 жыл бұрын

That guy was on the verge of disaster.

Потрясающе!!! Знать бы, где чертежи раскопать.

@rapira5052

Жыл бұрын

His name is Viktor Shumeyko. He's from Russia. This video was shot in 1995. Then there were flights near the slopes. The author did not make drawings.

What was pushing that thing?! After takeoff it accelerated like mad!

@ultralightnews

4 жыл бұрын

It is being TOWED by a car.

@Ben-bg2lp

4 жыл бұрын

@@ultralightnews ohhh ☺️

now, how can i put an electric hub motor and battery on one?

@nameberry220

4 жыл бұрын

Did you do it? I want to do it too :D

One could stay in the air of hours with that.

Where's the Engine !!? or what is its name !!?

@ultralightnews

7 жыл бұрын

It is being towed. The Ultralight Flyer

Where's the Driving Engine ? I cant believe that Flying without that....

@mandarin1257

5 жыл бұрын

He used a vehicle to tow him.

@dogalyasam6792

5 жыл бұрын

Look at left corner the video. The çar is pulling

Brave man.

Where is the engine? o_o

One should think that it would not take much craft of an engine to keep her up - ?

Молодець! Дійсно ентузіаст.

motor nerede???????????????????????

Wher'is a Girocopter MOTOR ?

@cateyesexperimentalaircraf594

3 жыл бұрын

It's a glider. There is no motor

awesome and bizarre!!!

At .37 he says "He then releases the tow line and glides back down to earth."

From my sport of freestyle climbing ( climbing without ropes ) would love to make the transition to gyro copter hang gliding, does anyone have the blueprints for one of these? If so I would like to build one and fly it over Dartmoor or Bodmin moor??

@jsollien127

9 жыл бұрын

Pierre Dignand How about regular para or hang gliding? or base jumping with a wing suit if the others aren't satisfying your need for adrenaline. I don't see how this would be a good way to get into aviation. Imagine trying to compensate for the gyroscopic precession at the same time as you're trying to enter a climbing turn, now do the same in the other direction.

@pierredignand2446

9 жыл бұрын

I want to do wingsuiting but apparently I have to do 150 skydives first, cant afford 150 of them, so thought about buying a microlight two seater Probe so I could use that to get my 150 dives all done.

@pierredignand2446

9 жыл бұрын

At the mo I am contrating on a house move closer to Dartmoor if I can find a decent place.

@pierredignand2446

9 жыл бұрын

Concentrating= darn typos

@jsollien127

9 жыл бұрын

Pierre Dignand skydiving can be a bit expensive but one of the established skydiving centers will give you the best bang for your buck. After initial AFF training it will get more affordable and they usually have the equipment for rent. If you're looking for excitement for a bargin (shy of free climbing of course), I would recommend a hang glider! I used to fly this great Skyhook Gypsy from your part of the wold. They are affordable and you can make it just as exciting as you want. Paragliders are even easier to get started on and the price about the same. And you've got all those beautiful places to fly.

I dont understand how it climbed as far as it did without power. Seems to me it would be the same as a hang glider with a simple wing and glide after running for maybe a hundred feet or so, but not climb and continue to climb.

@MrPilotStunts

Жыл бұрын

It's towed. But it could probably get picked up by a strong wing as well, I've seen hang gliders do that.

OMG !! OMG.. OMG!! Its Go Go Gadget.... !!

Ola sou piloto de giro , tens a planta para me enviar?

@pixelsilva u right the is a car pull it this is not right

Affordable build, so it seems. :))

I can't believe it even worked

sera cierto este vídeo y este hermoso aparato exista ?

@ultralightnews

5 жыл бұрын

Yes the video is real. It is a gyrocopter being pulled by a car, and then released. The Ultralight Flyer

ok, short of a parachute or hot air balloon, this wins the prize for barest possible person carrying flying machine...

@WarblesOnALot

8 жыл бұрын

G'day, Peekaboo ! You've been getting around, haven't you...?!?! This thing has all the disadvantages of a Hang Glider and all the disadvantages of a Gyrocopter with none of the advantages of either... The Germans used to have a more advanced version of these in WW-2, used as towed Kites pulled up by their U-Boats, to search a bigger Hotizon for Allied Convoys to attack..; they were better in theory than in Practice. The bloke flying this thing is clearly in the grip of a Death-Wish, simply to be Car-Towing on that Snow-Covered Road beside a High-Tension Powerline...; if a Gust of Wind had arisen from the Left, rolling him Right and Locking him out.., he'd've been fried like a Bug in an Insectocutor... Play Safe...! ;-p Ciao !

@choppergirl

8 жыл бұрын

+WarblesOnALot LOL, you get around WarblesOnAlot. Peekaboo back.... 4 months later... when I got back around on a second go around... again...

@WarblesOnALot

8 жыл бұрын

CHOPPERGIRL AIRWAR Ah, yeah, I think I stumbled onto this in my feed, found you here, and couldn't resist ... I had a chance to practice my Anti-Aircraft (Camera) Gunnery on Monday, bagging a BAE Hawk at 1,000 Ft & 350 Knots at the ANZAC Day Memorial Service ; he did two beat-ups & both times I picked him up before he arrived overhead, following his track by audiolocation while he was out of sight..., and on the second run-in I framed him on the horizon 3 miles out, zoomed to full telephoto & as he came in Rifle-Range I reflexively lead him by 5 lengths so as he came overhead he flew *into* my frame and then it got funny.... I pirouetted to follow him out again, which worked well enough but for the point that I turned Right, and after the 180 degree pivot my "Test-Pilot's Ankle" let me topple over sideways...; in front of 1,500 people, between them and the Cenotaph, because I was there to help my mother lay a wreath for the Australian Flying Corps, so we were in the very front row of seats for the old & frail... It gave them a good giggle, and for any who've wondered if my walking-stick was an affectation well they saw what happens when I try going without it... To see a few photos of mum's father in WW-1 check out Part 1 of the "...Glen Innes History House, Make & Model Fashion Parade..." which I uploaded last week ; there 's a really good shot of him in the cockpit of a rare Curtiss Jenny which was such an early model that *it has a Steering-Wheel on top of the Joystick...!* My mother organised the Fashion Parade, to raise money for the local Museum, themed around the Home Front during Wartime, so she really cut loose ; and because it's no doubt her final Fashion Parade (she turns 80 next month) I videoed & posted the whole thing for her. She raked in $6,500 on the night, 300 people showed up, & I even coralled both my kids to be there too. The oldest uniform on the Catwalk was from 1904, and the Australian Light Horseman who began the Fashion Parade led the ANZAC Day March on Horseback, so it was a nicely coherant little Project to video...; it seems that Warriorism is a bigger Religion here in Oz than Christianity, there wouldn't be 500 people in Church on any Sunday in Glen Innes but 1,500 showed up to celebrate the time Australia invaded Turkey... As someone with "AirWar" in your Channel name I figure you'll enjoy the entire effort (?). Have a good one, ;-p Ciao !

@choppergirl

8 жыл бұрын

+WarblesOnALot Took the paint off my horse collar cockpit frame yesterday, polished the alluminum, stripped off the paint from my rudder pedals and floor pan today. Starting to look all new and shiny again, looks awesome. Spring is here and I can work outside in the shade. Question: did the VJ have foam wing ribs or such?

@choppergirl

8 жыл бұрын

+WarblesOnALot Hopefully you can see this pic, I shrunk it down for a phone: s32.postimg.org/jt1zznw79/DSC_0079.jpg

where the engine..?

@madmandan1935

6 жыл бұрын

no engine on the aircraft. being towed. This is a completely unpowered version of a Autogyro/Gyrocopter. in both the powered gyrocopters and this glider, the top rotor receives no power from the engine, and instead relies on autorotation.

Fantástico!!!!