What happens if the engine fails in a gyroplane?

Come for a ride with us, on board our Cavalon, where we demonstrate the take-off technique, the circuit, and pull the power to an idle, in order to simulate an engine failure, all the way to the ground!
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  • @dwightbernheimer331
    @dwightbernheimer3312 жыл бұрын

    Proving Once Again... Take Offs are Optional... Landings are Compulsory... Good stuff, thanks for posting.

  • @Skinflaps_Meatslapper

    @Skinflaps_Meatslapper

    2 жыл бұрын

    Obviously you've never flown an orbital class rocket.

  • @carlobuongiovanni7934
    @carlobuongiovanni7934 Жыл бұрын

    Nothing, you just land softly in autorotation, keep the max efficiency speed to maximize the flight time and look for a good emergency landing field, descend and then perform a short flare and stop the gyro in few meters on the land. One of the advantages of the autogyro is that it doesn’t need a long runway or long field to dissipate the speed after landing as a normal three axis plane

  • @jahstafari4606
    @jahstafari46063 жыл бұрын

    thamks for video ...might be usefull one day

  • @moss8448
    @moss84482 жыл бұрын

    back in the old days you ran forward til she lifted off now they have a rotor turner thingy

  • @jjohnsonTX
    @jjohnsonTX3 жыл бұрын

    Well that was fun.

  • @breevwhyman2985
    @breevwhyman298511 ай бұрын

    seems safe......wonder about similar scenario in gyrocopter? thanks

  • @armandovela4415
    @armandovela44158 ай бұрын

    This is a video training situation of what happens when an engine stalls in a gyrocopter he throttle down at 2:50 to idle. and shows how to glide the Gyro down safely without engine power since this is a training simulation he is not going to actually turn off the engine

  • @13yearsaprepperr.jtilbury.51
    @13yearsaprepperr.jtilbury.513 жыл бұрын

    A gyro is always in Auto rotation ! < Just land

  • @pieterpretorius1014

    @pieterpretorius1014

    2 жыл бұрын

    unless you lose the rotor. then you become a rock

  • @RWBHere

    @RWBHere

    Жыл бұрын

    @@pieterpretorius1014 An aeroplane which has lost its wing or tail is also a rock.

  • @jamesbarratt593
    @jamesbarratt5932 ай бұрын

    Wild guess. The weight of it and speed keep rotor spinning above. The rotor prime button keeps it above 200 rpm anyway. just a guess.

  • @MaxieP4
    @MaxieP42 күн бұрын

    Boring question. What brand/model is your analogue clock?

  • @guitarholio
    @guitarholio3 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful video if all you want to hear is cockpit noise.

  • @leecowell8165

    @leecowell8165

    Жыл бұрын

    right he may as well have said nothing. do these people ever actually LISTEN to their own playback?

  • @hookpilot1681
    @hookpilot16813 жыл бұрын

    Its like he has a stick shaker

  • @Aluminata
    @Aluminata5 ай бұрын

    No worries - unless your mid Atlantic or some such.

  • @t.c.3027
    @t.c.30273 жыл бұрын

    One of these days!🤗., if not, hopefully I'll be able to contribute to someone close to take lessons, acquiring their ppl/G certificate/license & own one of these birds!!!

  • @duch3573
    @duch35732 жыл бұрын

    ELE TEM AUTONOMIA DE VÔO, DE QUANTO KM COM TANQUE CHEIO? QUANTO CUSTA UM DESSES? ELE VEM COM PARAQUEDAS ANTIQUEDA? CASO TENHA UMA PANE MECÂNICA E O MOTOR PARE DE FUNCIONAR?

  • @Bryce_C.

    @Bryce_C.

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think he landed the gyro with the engine off

  • @williammann9816
    @williammann9816 Жыл бұрын

    Is it just the fact that small airplanes are flown more than gyrocopters that I see a story on the news about plane crashes and the death of the pilot and passengers or severely injured but never hear of deaths when landing a gyrocopter that lost power.

  • @jackwilson4722
    @jackwilson47222 жыл бұрын

    Lot of vibration in the stick is that normal. Used a lot of runway to takeoff.

  • @leecowell8165

    @leecowell8165

    Жыл бұрын

    yeah a lot. why is that? one would think to get the rotor pretty much up to takeoff speed I would think. didn't realize they needed more runway than a Cessna.

  • @another3997

    @another3997

    Жыл бұрын

    @@leecowell8165 They don't "need" that much room to take off, but if you have it available, why not use it? It's better to have a bit of mechanical sympathy than to constantly push to the machinery to its limits. Things last longer. It also gives you time to notice any potential problems and abort, and ultimately provides you with a greater safety margin.

  • @kjm-ch7jc
    @kjm-ch7jc3 жыл бұрын

    What did you say ?

  • @sarah-nm6dt
    @sarah-nm6dt2 жыл бұрын

    Ya baby!😆👍

  • @butterzaries4277
    @butterzaries4277 Жыл бұрын

    I'd love to fly one.....but I'll stay with a chopper ANYDAY

  • @Mr38thstreet
    @Mr38thstreet3 жыл бұрын

    It wasn't clear when the engine was idled.

  • @vighneshkannan7896

    @vighneshkannan7896

    3 жыл бұрын

    it was at 2:50

  • @jeroenjansen2709
    @jeroenjansen2709 Жыл бұрын

    I think you have to watch your airspeed and your rev count because you can stall it

  • @rotor-sport_australia

    @rotor-sport_australia

    Жыл бұрын

    Gyroplanes don't stall. We can have zero airspeed and still descend vertically all the way to the ground - we'd land with a thud though. The rotors continue to rotate thanks to airflow through the rotor system so if the engine does quit we simply pitch the aircraft to landing speed (typically 55-60 knots) and land safely.

  • @joshua.merrill

    @joshua.merrill

    Жыл бұрын

    At 0 airspeed, would the gyrocopter start to yaw in the direction of blade rotation? Is rotor overspeeding a problem? I’ve been doing helicopter lessons, and gyros are just mind-blowing to me!

  • @rotor-sport_australia

    @rotor-sport_australia

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi @@joshua.merrill at 0 airspeed the gyro will lose rudder authority and begin to spin. No amount of rudder input will prevent this, so the recovery is simply lower the nose to regain some airspeed which returns rudder authority and you will stop spinning. It's simple! The rotor self-manages its RPM so there's nothing we need to do with it - once we have completed the take off process the rotor RPM is mostly irrelevant

  • @joshua.merrill

    @joshua.merrill

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rotor-sport_australia thank you for your reply. What interesting contraptions these vehicles are!

  • @weezylistening
    @weezylistening Жыл бұрын

    For the people who are complaining about the sound quality, I heard every word he said. Perhaps it's your equipment that needs upgrading 🤔

  • @tanagra2

    @tanagra2

    4 ай бұрын

    Oops unless you’re being sarcastic….sorry

  • @peredavi
    @peredavi Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, your microphone is not picking up a lot of your commentary, so the value of this instruction isn’t so good.

  • @roshamcorporation9184
    @roshamcorporation91842 жыл бұрын

    What price ? Thanks

  • @rotor-sport_australia

    @rotor-sport_australia

    2 жыл бұрын

    What price are you particularly interesed in? Perhaps visit our website (rotor-sport.com.au) and reach out to us for more information

  • @user-rk9wm6rn3b
    @user-rk9wm6rn3b5 ай бұрын

    What do u mean off or on turbo it runs all the time maybe hi or low boost never on or off

  • @allwortht

    @allwortht

    3 ай бұрын

    Can be landed engine off

  • @Nickle314
    @Nickle314 Жыл бұрын

    Very odd behaviour of the compass on take off.

  • @piwiwipi5233
    @piwiwipi52333 жыл бұрын

    A non event when you have a good place to land just beyond your nose...

  • @garywilliams4953

    @garywilliams4953

    3 жыл бұрын

    And that was the purpose of the clip... A non event in the event of an engine failure. They don't fall out of the sky

  • @segredosdotiosam9989

    @segredosdotiosam9989

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@larryusher4189 right. The advantage here is that the approach is steeper and slower, takes much less ground to land . The downside is that they don't glide well.

  • @seagullclub3236

    @seagullclub3236

    2 жыл бұрын

    I see why you have wear a glove- constant vibration in the stick will give you hand:- arm-vibration - syndrome (HAVS) I got that from years of running a chainsaw.

  • @lkazanov
    @lkazanov3 жыл бұрын

    Just can't get past the stick shake. Seems like holding a weak jackhammer. That's my only hesitation.

  • @DinoHunter56

    @DinoHunter56

    2 жыл бұрын

    Believe it or not, with enough practice your brain sort of cuts through and ignores the vibration of the stick and only reacts to things that feel odd. The brain is an amazing thing. Don't believe me? Your nose is always in your field of vision but your brain tunes it out because it's always there, therefore the brain sees it as useless information and filters it out. Same thing with the stick vibration in a gyro. Once your brain realizes the vibration is useless information on what the aircraft is doing. It will filter it out

  • @RWBHere

    @RWBHere

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DinoHunter56 Absolutely true. We do the same thing with sound, touch and smell. If you listen to scratchy old 78 rpm records, or to Shortwave radio (I'm a licensed amateur) you can ignore the noise within a few moments. After a few minutes in a smelly environment, you cannot smell the odour until it changes. Touch a surface lightly with your finger and hold it perfectly still, then you cease to feel the surface within a couple of seconds, until you move again.

  • @davidhowe3076
    @davidhowe30762 жыл бұрын

    cool audio with headphones

  • @michaelnorris4629
    @michaelnorris46293 жыл бұрын

    You land

  • @douglasfachincicone996
    @douglasfachincicone9963 жыл бұрын

    What lack for the biggest part of the gyroplane is the VTOL capability

  • @cerealspiller

    @cerealspiller

    3 жыл бұрын

    He did not demonstrate a short landing, but most modern gyroplanes can land in a very short space indeed. As short as 20 to 30 feet, depending on lots of variables I suppose. Much shorter than most planes, but not a helicopter of course. On the flip side, a gyroplane is much, much simpler mechanically than a helicopter.

  • @douglasfachincicone996

    @douglasfachincicone996

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@cerealspiller Yes but have two American gyroplane company that has the VTOL technologie for gyroplane, Skywork and Carter Copter(Jaunty Mobility), the gyroplane would be a good and more cheap alternative to helicopter and of course most safety

  • @Patrick.Weightman
    @Patrick.Weightman Жыл бұрын

    ??? No power was cut, everything is still totally operational.

  • @rotor-sport_australia

    @rotor-sport_australia

    Жыл бұрын

    The engine was idling as this was simply a demonstration. We have another video in which the engine is shut off and we demonstrate a safe landing - check it out

  • @alexsze5455
    @alexsze54553 жыл бұрын

    What??????????????????

  • @flowluna
    @flowluna2 жыл бұрын

    Yep, i will stick to a glider instead

  • @another3997

    @another3997

    Жыл бұрын

    You think gliders are any safer in an emergency landing?

  • @gerhardkutt1748
    @gerhardkutt17483 жыл бұрын

    Very noisy video. Should have had noise cancelling tech dude ...

  • @henryetter1477
    @henryetter14772 жыл бұрын

    In case of engine failure is to start. "Dear father who art in Heaven"

  • @plantpower3048
    @plantpower30482 жыл бұрын

    So absurd gyros require so much runway

  • @kerbalairforce8802

    @kerbalairforce8802

    2 жыл бұрын

    They don't. You can land one on a dime, it's just safer to maintain forward flight if you can.

  • @plantpower3048

    @plantpower3048

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kerbalairforce8802 you know u have to take off before landing right/

  • @another3997

    @another3997

    Жыл бұрын

    @@plantpower3048 You know that you can accelerate to take off speed as slowly or as fast as you want? You don't have to thrash an engine all the time, so if you have the room, why not use it? A longer run up gives you more time to see and react to any problems that might arise BEFORE you get in to the air.

  • @bordgard1
    @bordgard13 жыл бұрын

    Theabae rackletu garbledy.

  • @garywilliams4953

    @garywilliams4953

    3 жыл бұрын

    ???

  • @bordgard1

    @bordgard1

    3 жыл бұрын

    I agree! If "I" wrote that seeming nonsense, I must have a a foreign-speaking döppelganger. A complete mystery to me!

  • @espr7564
    @espr75643 жыл бұрын

    Nothing

  • @pittss2c601
    @pittss2c6013 жыл бұрын

    It drops like a brick. I have hundreds of hours in rotorcraft and they all drop like a brick without power. Plus the rotor diameter is very large. So if you try to land on a road you'll probably hit a wire or a mailbox or a sign or corn or whatever. Minimum rotor blade diameter is usually 28 ft. So on a country road the blades hangover 6 to 8 ft on each side. It's very risky and will cause a rollover if you slightly touch something with the tip of the rotor blade and you'll destroy the aircraft even with a perfect touchdown.

  • @rotor-sport_australia

    @rotor-sport_australia

    3 жыл бұрын

    Actually in a gyroplane you don't drop "like a brick" - descent without power is about 500ft per minute. The point of this video is to show how controlled the descent and landing can be in the event the engine does stop. You are right with regard to the rotor blade length so the pilot needs to be very aware of where they are going to be landing in order to reduce the risk of damage.

  • @pittss2c601

    @pittss2c601

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@@rotor-sport_australia With a 4:1 glide ratio most gyros are on the ground in less than 1 minute since they typically fly low. With a high load, high heat & humidity and density altitude they often drop faster than that (800' to 1,200' per minute). Most aircraft are very controllable with the engine off if you maintain best glide speed. My old Pitts Special S1S glided surprising well with the engine off. I've trained heavily in Robinson helicopters. Role the power to idle and you are on the ground in seconds. Same with modern gyros. It takes a high level of skill and judgement when the engine fails unexpectedly which happens regularly. Benson, Air Command, Auto Gyro, Magni, American Ranger...they are all the same. They drop very fast.

  • @operator8014

    @operator8014

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@pittss2c601 You... Realize that you're arguing with a rotorcraft flight instructor, right? You realize that you aren't right... Right?

  • @pittss2c601

    @pittss2c601

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@operator8014 It's my experience flying lots of different types of rotorcraft aircraft. You will never hear a rotorcraft pilot complain that they cannot quickly lose altitude. Only some airplanes like the Breezy & certain ultralights drop as quickly.

  • @operator8014

    @operator8014

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@pittss2c601 Okay, you don't get it. Roger that.

  • @mitdragnurb
    @mitdragnurb3 жыл бұрын

    can't understand a word you say man, engine noise cancels out your whispering voice. other than that, good information.

  • @operator8014

    @operator8014

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's not for you, it's for the student with the headset.

  • @thomasfx3190
    @thomasfx31902 жыл бұрын

    Krikey. Can’t understand much at all mate.

  • @whukriede
    @whukriede3 жыл бұрын

    Too noisy, sorry no fun this way.

  • @robertowen1648
    @robertowen16483 жыл бұрын

    What happens if the engine fails in a gyroplane? So exactly what happens ? Pointless garble.

  • @rockyrivermushrooms529

    @rockyrivermushrooms529

    3 жыл бұрын

    You just watched what happens