On this flight I am using an Insta 360 X4 on the mast, GoPro Hero 11 on my chest, and the other two are GoPro Max.

Thanks for your comment. I too respect your view on low level flying. I wouldn’t do it with every passenger or over every lake; but in these circumstances with this passenger it made for a very memorable flight.

Sorry. I try my best 😂

@@StuWithAView now if it was Scottish or Irish Gaelic I think I'd be mangling words just as effectively!

Thanks. Nope; off to Norway tomorrow; not by gyro..,

@@StuWithAView hoped you were helping with the Guinness Book of records attempt. Most Gyroplanes to land in one day. Maybe next time.kind regards Paul T

Thanks. MTO-03.

If you mean at start-up, I think it’s an ancient Ford Fiesta.

Maybe 100m. 4500 would give around 90-95 knots. I tend to run at 4800-5000 for about 100.

The exterior shots are filmed on an Insta 360 X3 on a special aviation strut-mounted set-up, imported from the US. You can see the components on the right wing strut on some of the interior views. Thanks for your comments; as you say, the filming and the flying are the easy bits! And the gyro is my favourite too, but I can’t get the exterior camera mounted in the same way, which is what I really wanted for this flight as the weather over Cumbria was perfect.

Thanks for the reply and the extra detail@@StuWithAView. I have found that surprisingly the US is much more relaxed with flying and the larger ecomomy means that companies can not only survive but flourish making this type of kit. The autogyro laws are much softer but the risks are much higher so lessons would be strongly advised and even more so transistioning from fixed wing to rotary wing as many aspects of the gyro are counterintuitive. Looking forward to some more winter flight videos over snow capped peaks.

Wow! Goods landings 👍 You have a lot of cameras 😉 Thank you, we fly with you 😁 Amazing airplane Eurofox 👍

To the best of my knowledge, there is no law concerning the use of mobile phones in general aviation aircraft in the UK. My iPad is receiving live weather via its 4G connection. I was using my phone in this video primarily as a camera.

@@StuWithAView it's no criticism at all. Just wondering what if any impact it would have.

Older phones could cause interference on the intercom and radio if not in flight-safe mode; that very rarely happens with modern phones. The biggest risk would be distraction - not a great idea to check emails in the circuit!

Thanks. Your best bet might be Sleap in Shropshire or Gyrocopter Experience at Caernarfon.

Thanks for the sub, and glad you enjoyed the video. The southerly river is the Dee, the northerly is the Mersey; the Wirral peninsula lies between the two. That’s where I landed, and where I live. If you’re a golf fan and watched the British Open from Royal Liverpool, that’s at the NW tip of Wirral. The river directly beneath at 28:00 is the Dee; the Mersey is off to the right about 7 miles distant.

Sure; no problem.

@@StuWithAView Thanks Stu. Actually decided to go with something else for now - cheers!

If your garden is big enough then this would be just fine; although in the UK you’d only be able to do this for 30 days per year. There’s no legal requirement to use a runway.

SkyDemon; VFR only. Logs flight times, gives frequencies etc.

@@StuWithAView Okay, so you weren't rocking a SkyDemon/ForeFlight type EFB during the test? That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification and the quick response Stu.

SD was logging flight time and showing PLOG only; I prefer a paperless cockpit. As you’ll see from the video, my instructor was pretty thorough. This is from a good few years ago now; I’ve since let my IR(R) lapse as my current machines are day VFR only.

@@StuWithAView That's understandable. If you're not going to make use of it, the qualification is superfluous. For me personally, I'd like to go and stay over at various locations without the concern of getting pinned in by cloud. A paperless cockpit sounds ideal until the batteries run out or the device overheats. :)

The IR(R) was only ever a get out of jail card for me; to fly IFR properly I would need the full IR plus a capable, de-iced and probably twin engined aircraft. That’s not really my thing. The paperless need comes from my open cockpit gyro. Back up is on a second device, usually my phone.

It wasn’t a particularly turbulent day; that’s just typical Eurofox bumpiness. But yes, definitely easier and more comfortable in the gyro. And as you say, Liverpool ATC are the best - my landing site is directly beneath the 09 approach path.

Thanks Ian; appreciated. The editing takes way longer than the flying 😊. The take-off was fine; I might upload the video soon. I pre rotate to max, around 270 rpm in my gyro, and only fly out 1-up with half tanks. I’ve never felt the need for the 914, personally; although if I regularly flew 2-up at higher density altitudes then I might think differently. I like the simplicity and low-stressed nature of the 912s.

Perfect for a gyro; much more turbulent in the fixed wing the week before in similar weather.

@@StuWithAView I hear you... last weekend I had 40 knot tail wind through a mountain pass, and I was making close to 120 knots ground speed... On my return trip I was doing 25 knots ground speed... with some nasty turbulence at the exit of the pass. Fixed wing would have been in trouble.

I’ve had headwinds that cause my ground speed to be matched by cyclists. And as you say, mountain passes are the most turbulent, even in a gyro; fixed wing in those situations would be seriously uncomfortable, at best.

Thanks Chris 😊

You raise an interesting point Chip that I’ve been considering for a while concerning wing loading. It’s illuminating that quite a few folk are commenting on the bumpy ride the Eurofox gave on this flight; this is actually entirely typical for my Eurofox flights. I came to it from a Cessna 182, which at the weights I flew had a wing loading of around 70kg/m2. Your calculation of around 40kg/m2 for the Eurofox is about right; it’s significantly lower than the 182. The upside is great STOL performance - I wouldn’t have taken the 182 into this field. The downside is a bumpy ride in all but the most benign conditions. My gyro gives a much smoother ride in turbulent conditions, at least in part because of the much higher rotor disc loading. And I do prefer that smooth ride as I’m not a fan of bumpy flight.

@@StuWithAView The Cessna 182 is one of my favorite airplanes, as long as someone else is paying for the petrol. As a member of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), I used to be able to get one for $48/hour + fuel for proficiency flying, 20 years ago. CAP training flights and search and rescue flights were paid for by the CAP with USAF funding. The current CAP rate is $115/hour (+ up to an additional $11.50 if the squadron to which the airplane is assigned wishes to charge it) + fuel. A local FBO here in Prescott is charging $229/hour, wet. The fuel price here is $6.77/U.S. gallon. If I've correctly identified the field you used (same as for the gyrocopter flight, I think), it's only about 1100'/335m long. You _might_ be able to get a 182 into and out of that field, if the hedge next to Telegraph Rd. isn't too high, and the grass is short and dry, and you do it solo with your tanks half full. But I don't think I'd try it either. We used to land at Kentmorr Airport (3W3) in Maryland for lunch with a three-man aircrew in the 182, but that runway is a little over 2400' long. It was a little challenging to get airborne again if the grass was tall. The Eurofox will certainly help keep your reflexes sharp.

In the UK AVGAS is around £2 per litre, or just under $10 per US gallon. So that’s £100 per hour just in fuel. But the bigger cost with the 182 is its certified status. We were regularly seeing 5-figure annuals. In contrast, the Rotax in my gyro and Eurofox burns around 16 litres per hour of premium E5 super unleaded, which works out at around £25 per hour. Against that, it seats only two and flies at 100 knots rather than 130. I think you have the correct field. The diagonal is just under 350m ground run, but there are obstacles on both approaches, particularly westerly with a major road, high street lamps and a phone mast. I think you’d be really pushing it in a 182, with its 50% higher landing speed, plus the very bumpy field surface making a tailwheel far preferable. I like the Eurofox, and its tailwheel, need for rudder and lack of autopilot has made me a better pilot; but I do miss the easy cross-country ability of the 182. I don’t miss the bills though!!

Thanks Chris. Much easier in the gyro; flew it in last week and will be on YT soon.

Insta 360 X3 on a Flight Flix aluminium pole attached to two wing Flight Flix strut mounts. Very clever piece of kit.

@@StuWithAView Clever indeed. Your use of it goes beyond "Clever". The amount of work you do in making and posting these videos is nothing but "Top Drawer", thank you.

Thank you David

Yes, it was bumpy for sure.

Great to see a new Video 😊 I managed to go to Spamfield (Sandown) in my Gyro a couple of weeks ago. Great fun 👍

All good thanks Chris. Just really busy and falling a little out of love with KZbin. Thanks for your message.

@@StuWithAView will you be at the Old Warden Eurofox fly in, just a thought...

I thought this was last weekend?

Apologies, senior moment! I was listening into the airshow on AM which I can received in huntingdon with a 30 m vertical mast antenna. Forgot that was two weeks back

They’re not flying legally if I’m around. There are birds at all sorts of altitudes, especially down low. Is it more of a risk down low? Yes, for lots of reasons. So is flying at night, over water, over trees, single engine etc. Each to their own I guess.

It is indeed a joy, especially over such scenery 😊

Hi Andy. I made my own intercom splitter which takes my headset lead and divides it between the ship’s radio/intercom and a separate feed to a Sony recorder. I don’t use the GoPro audio for voice; merely for ambient.

I shoot default on the Max. I have an Insta 360 X3 on a pole mount for my Eurofox, and again shoot in max res default. I have found HDR on the X3 gives mixed results; in anything other than bright blue sky it can introduce blurring.

Best of luck 👍

@@StuWithAView thank you 😊 I passed last week, just didn’t want to tempt fate. Just waiting on the CAA now. Excellent vlogs 😊👍

Congrats 👏