Autogyro XENON - extreme display

#airshow WIATRAKOWIEC XENON - dynamiczny pokaz -TORUŃ 2012
aviatv.pl air show / pokazy lotnicze

[@mdavidmorris]

One of the best gyro flying videos ever.

[@DustyCowdog]

What a great demonstration of the gyroplane's capabilities!

[@miguelgil7019]

I cant understand why Gyros are not the most popular way of flying specialy instead helicopters GREAT LANDING GREAT PILOTING GREAT CRAFT Congratulations

[@leifvejby8023]

They are not very fast and they are not very good at handling negative Gs.

[@shayson1357]

they CAN be faster than helicopters and can fly in more severe conditions.

[@shananagans5]

I agree. There are a few things helicopters can do that a gyro can't but they are much simpler mechanically, cost much less & have many of the same capabilities. They can't hover so getting into small landing spaces where an auto rotation landing would be dangerous still needs a helicopter & I can think of several other things where a gyro simply wouldn't work but yea, I agree, a gyro has a huge niche there. Seems to me lots of helicopters are being used simply because they don't need a full runway & a gyro could fill that need in many cases.

[@oryctesrhinoceros4920]

shananagans5 it was said autogyros can hover

[@shananagans5]

Yes, they can hover but not for very long. They have to rely on the inertia in the rotor. If they were coming in for a very low speed landing, they are committed to landing in that spot. A helicopter can start to come in, decide it's to tight & go back up. I can see that being an issue for rescue flights having to land in unfamiliar spots that may be very tight. Like I said, gyros can offer may similar capabilities but there are still cases where a conventional helicopter would be needed.

[@superdirective1872]

Man and machine, this is an escape from the world we live in. Watch the news and it can piss you off, watch this, and you begin the journey of inspiration. That's what this reminds me of.

[@davereid-daly2205]

Amazing pilot, amazing aircraft !

[@pepecohetes492]

Great piloting, excellent machine.

[@ПавелХатылов]

Отличная демонстрация и реклама лучшего европейского гирика .

[@zetacon4]

Fantastic machine and pilot! I am very impressed with this make of gyro. Looks good too.

[@Shurgazy2]

Классно!!! Я восхищаюсь этим автожиром!!!

[@aerhearts]

Very well done. Great piloting showing off the extraordinary capabilities of this amazing gyro-copter.

[@tenhendee5479]

Niesamowite, lata jak zabawka. Is flying like a toy. Super.

[@randallmacdonald4851]

And I thought flying a Huey was fun. Geez, that must have been awesome. Terrific machine and pilot!

[@nodave77]

Top of my list when I win the lottery!

Piękny pokaz latania na wiatrakowcu. Oj polatałoby się. Pozdrowienia

[@donbraden8533]

Hats off to the pilot fantastic flying 👍

[@1ramus1]

superior skilled pilot

[@bennetto75]

amazing performance

[@fahrphrompuken]

One hell of a pilot!

[@RWBHere]

I met Ken Wallis in the 1970’s and have wanted to fly one of these ever since, but have never had the chance. Thanks for a superb demonstration of the capabilities of an autogyro.

[@syedzoheb007]

You should check out flyargo.aero and begin your training

[@joet1109]

Just awesome! I know what I want for Christmas...

[@СергейКлюкин-ю6б]

Без слов !!!!!

[@wallacepetroleiro8067]

Expert the Pilot!

[@claudiovasques4187]

Fantastic no stol , stoped in air , short returns ! Very good !

[@Eigil_Skovgaard]

Every time I watch these fabulous machines, my nerve system is focused at the point where the propeller blades are fixed. That point must be exposed to incredible strong forces from all directions. How is it possible without fast developing metal fatigue? The same goes for the flimsy rotor.

[@johngagne1]

Great flying and great aircraft!

[@ranjanbanerji1152]

I saw the video & read the questions and answers. I think this is a very doable project with massive potential. Thanks for the share.

[@1987ulise]

Amazing performance! and I don't understand why 20 viewers of this video, put little hand down?

[@rickdc3]

Cavalon owners....

[@RWBHere]

Jealousy. ;-p

[@aleksanderpski3310]

@@RWBHere MAYBE

[@rdmiroar]

Yo me pregunto lo mismo que Miguel Gil, más abajo, en el sentido de por qué no está más difundo el vuelo deportivo del autogiro. En lo personal, a traves de este video, es la primera vez que observo a uno de estos aparatos aterrizar planeando, es decir, con e solo apoyo del rotor libre. Me parece extraordinario, muy seguro y muy versátil. ¿Por qué será que no hay modelos de autogiros comerciales más grandes?

[@viarnay]

Eso me pregunto yo también

[@xstealthconcept]

Very nice demonstration flying. I'm a fan.

[@ВладимирИвашкин-н4ф]

Посадка в режиме авторотации с отключенным двигателем это что-то!

[@ОльгаЛарионова-ю8ф]

♥️

[@donh7879]

Great aircraft pilot skills are excellent

[@gilbertfranklin1537]

Yep... it was his first solo. 😏

[@MrRheingold]

~~~~~~~~~~~ Perfecte piloting demonstration from the Gyrocopter! L*

[@PLGmetal]

Очень круто!

[@MacRes99]

O to mi wlasnie chodzilo, ma ladowac pionowo! Biore!

this is the flying car that we have been searching for decades :- D

[@chacal.brasil3556]

Esse é o melhor que já vi.

[@ManuelPinner]

These are much Better Fly then Helicopters, because of the Otto Giro effect,

[@olsmokey]

Impressive flying and unpowered landing. I guess 'unpowered' landing is more correct than saying autorotating landing as the whole flight is autorotating.

[@juliocristofani6688]

Maravilloso pilotaje y más aún la respuesta total e impecable del aparato. Puede prestar enormes servicios de rastrillaje.

[@stavm1909]

Fanstastic flying skills. Superb gyro. Are they doing any of these in Diesel yet

[@patrickquinn8473]

stav m ?????????

[@mitsubishitritonfast4095]

I want it.

[@warrenwohr2346]

Very impressive display indeed!!

[@ufoengines]

Very Cool!

[@DG-wy9fk]

So cool! I did not believe that it can fly so masterly

[@garibaldisash5346]

Класс!

[@stavmo3640]

Superb Machine and amazing Pilot. Wonder if they will do a Diesel version

[@MauriFinnish]

Bravo !

[@cq44b]

Brilliant.

[@elekkr]

That's pretty cool 😎

[@adamwojadi]

Super. Bardzo zwrotna maszyna

[@whatswilldoing7293]

Whelp...I'm sold.

[@endwood]

That's some pretty fancy flying, a LOT hinging on or hanging off a few rotating parts. I'd hate to see how much one of these cost.

[@peterclark4685]

Level of skill (90th percentile+), Quality of aircraft (same), Experience(100's of hours), Training (highest), Practicability (10th percentile or lower). The Autogyro is a brilliant viewing, distance-eating and safe machine and the vast majority of them used in this way will result in a crash. Selling these as a 'sports' aircraft will continue to stifle this industry's growth and inhibit research/development by lowering sales. To become the most used aircraft in the world marketing must be aimed at the female (safety, comfort, design, space) because women still make most of the purchasing decisions; hubby will still get his toy and she will be delighted to accompany him. A black box which is tuned to identify flight indiscretions would be strongly advisable.

[@kalesr1]

Would love to see a take off as well. Very Impressive - I know that Pictaio is carrying these for you in the US, I'm optimistic that business will pickup on these copters!

[@w00dyalien]

Loved the exercise at 5:30

[@ПавелХатылов]

КСЕНОН - лучший из легких гириков !

[@tintin60]

I think this is the solution for traffic jam!

[@Gryronaut]

pretty cool

[@68626862ful]

great video how ever do learn some pan out skills I was freakin dizzy after watching this..... holy stay right on the copter CLOSLEY sheesh !!!

[@hunt4fish]

What, Never flew that machine before; don't believe it! amazing!

[@w2ville]

It's only a matter of time until it comes down hard.

[@gregvos8599]

why do you say that? I have flown this machine in SA Im instructor rated on it and its as close to a helicopter as it can be with light controls.....and despite is spacious cabin it handles really well.

[@w2ville]

Greg Vos Greg, daredevils and flying machines don't mix well.

[@gregvos8599]

I have tundras on our in SA land on soft sand (within reason) and take off in rough terrain if needed Look me up on linkedin Greg Vos flight instructor

[@leoalmazan4471]

Obviously you do not fly....what daredevil maneuvers did you see! I flew as an aviator in the US Navy and flew on carriers, if he flew inverted, now, that would be a daredevil manuever. Flying the gyro using auto rotation with the pusher propeller shut down is practiced all the time by helo pilots! The gyro pilot is just damn good ...period.

[@mrfarfar100]

wow very good looks great good for malta

[@tardisrider25]

Some people get to have all the fun.

[@wiesiekjarzyna57]

Tu pilotuję maszynę mojego przyjaciela z Torunia naszego zespołu "57-my Team". Na co dzień latam i szkolę w Modlinie /POLAND/, a parą latamy na pokazach lotniczych. Zapraszam. WIESIEK JARZYNA.

[@hediarfaoui]

Super

[@Zelig2Cents]

Is it an optical illusion from about 2:22 to 2:40 or is the XENON really flying sideways? Aside from the overhead rotor not being powered, I had thought that it also did not have the swash plate and range of cyclic control that a helicopter does, in order to fly sideways. Was the pilot giving up altitutude to keep the rpms up on the lifting rotor, so that the collective could be used to fly sideways? I think I'm missing something here.

[@fladave99]

Are we serving lunch today sir? No thank you!

[@ricardopr54]

Awesome

[@Gryronaut]

How does he perform the 180 turn without destabilizing the aircraft’s configuration?

[@benthurber5363]

Cool and all, but all I can think of is how I don't want to get anywhere near a low-G situation in a 2-bladed system. 😅

[@LorddGray]

Nice power-off landing. So what happens to one of these things if you get it into an inverted/negative G situation?

[@billwhiteathome2080]

+LorddGray Hmmm....wonder what happens when you drive your car off a cliff?

[@LorddGray]

Bill White Well, if my car had a really big rotor I'm might have a chance. ;)

[@chrishanmer2411]

+LorddGray The rotor chops the tail off and you land rather abruptly.

[@LorddGray]

Chris Hanmer Good to know.

[@TheRjjrjjr]

+LorddGray Don't . . .

[@IVolosincu]

The best!

[@ronaldfletcher9106]

Add a 50 Cal. and you have a really cool toy.

[@technophant]

Ronald Fletcher or a 40m grenade launcher and light armor. Would be devastating ground support

[@cbgreenbay]

Nice ! Buzzing around like a fly. That craft has some awesome moves. Sharp dives, low air speed to near hovering and quick accents and sharp turns. I like the end the best when you show the best part about a gyro, a safe landing with NO power. Looks like it would be very hard to stall that thing. I want one ! Where can I get one and how much? Oh! and also a nice job on the stick !

[@Horror365]

Best part? They CAN'T be stalled. :)

[@peterhigbie2398]

Mitchel A. Jones i was waching a vido were the pilot says if you unload it two much the prop will slow down and you will stall it

[@rosebarnes9625]

@@peterhigbie2398 that does not make sense... Yes, 4 ft ground roll on landing is awesome, unfortunately that is around sea level, here at a mile high, you won't see that....

[@RoadRunnerLaser]

Rose Barnes - Actually, Pete is right (even if his use of words is a little off, "two" instead of "too" and "prop" instead of "rotor"). Shove the stick forward into the panel and pull a negative G manoeuvre and you will unload the rotor. Unloading the rotor is a fast way to take on the aerodynamic properties of a house-brick and it's something which is drummed into us in training - to always ALLOW the nose to drop and never to PUSH it down. Even at a mile high, a gyro should be able to stop like that - if it has enough lift from its rotors to keep it airborne, it has enough lift to stop the thing dead on touchdown when the stick is pulled all the way back.

[@rosebarnes9625]

@@RoadRunnerLaser I've been to several fly ins when we had active PRA chapters in western Colorado and never saw less than 100 ft, even down in Pueblo. If you would like to come show me, I would love to see it!

[@АндрейСтс]

Пилот пипец. Валит как на Жигулях)

[@sweetyboy81]

amazing. i love it :-)

[@WnRUAV]

Fantastic maneuverability of pretty big autogyro !!! Fantastic maneuverability of pretty big autogyro !!! Wonderful demonstration of performances !!! State of art spot landing without engine can impress even this ones who experienced in autogyros.

[@Crafthouse008]

Nice

[@joemeyers7804]

how spacious is the cabin in a Xenon 2? Can a 6' man stretch out his legs?

[@brianeaton3734]

Awesome.

[@zantoniznascinto9709]

Já quero um..pena q não tenho money

[@fpvrcstuff]

He must have been pulling some pretty high G's for that rotor to handle ........not my cup of tea ...but very cool

[@haluk35]

wonderful

[@GeorgeStar]

How did the pilot avoid cartwheeling?

[@sarah-nm6dt]

All I want for Christmas!😐

[@onearmedman9042]

Impressive

[@trickcyclists]

God I love this flying. Not so sure I'd want to be IN the thing as this guy throws it around though :-) Can I ask what must be a very naive question to you pilots out there? As a non-flyer, I can grasp what 'G' loading is for a fixed wing, I know what a wing spar is... But how the Hell does this thing here not snap it's rotors off when fully loaded coming out of a dive, say... those skinny rotors can't have much of a spar in them can they? I do see that when they're spinning that will cancel out some of the loading, I guess, but what stops them just snapping off?? I'm all ears guys.

[@badoli1074]

Chris England G-load is not only for fixed wing, it's just the amount of force your body or the vehicle experiences during any maneuver. You have the same in formula one (or any racing) and you experience it yourself when you turn your car (alltough minuscule in relation to a plane). Those wings are probably made from aluminium or carbon fiber and designed to withstand such forces. There are some very dureable materials out there ;)

[@dirkkoopman174]

Chris England Basically what happens is the "G loading" is turned into rotor speed. The more loading there is implies that there is more air flowing through the rotors which, in turn, increases the rotor speed. There is roughly a nominal 4G limit, but it isn't that simple as it isn't the blades that "feel" the G. Effectively because of the way autorotation works, together with the "plumb bob" that is the fuselage, it isn't possible to get more than 4G of turn - the whole package won't allow it. On the minus side, any negative G manoeuvres (at all) and the "plumb bob" ceases to exist, the blades will flap about and hit the tail/engine blades and it will fall out of the sky.

[@trickcyclists]

+pen mightygun Yes that's my understanding too. A 4G load is a 4G load isn't it? As you say, if it's NOT four times gravity loading, then it can't be a 4G can it. So, thanks for the replies guys, but I do feel just as in the dark as I was, lol. I simply can't grasp how such flimsy blades can remain intact !! It is of course patently obvious that they do.. so I'm just as obviously not 'getting it'. Yes, thank you Badoli, I do understand what G load is, as you say, we all experience it every time we drive a car, as a horizontal loading... Which is why and how Formula 1 drivers need to have neck strengthening exercises to withstand the large sideways loading on them. Also, yes, carbon fibre and aluminium are very strong, especially aircraft grade aluminium, which has a high copper content I believe. But still, if a fixed (plane's) wing was built of either material.. and with the proportions of gyrocopter rotors, i.e. very long and thin, I wouldn't trust them on a plane either, lol. I keep imagining the whole gyro' suspended by the tips of each rotor.. held up and off the ground... would the thing remain suspended? Or would the blades give in and fold up? I think they would at least flex upwards at a crazy angle.. but would they break? I guess not.. I can only think that there is the dynamic effect, somehow, that mitigates the g loading. Yes, Dirk, I do see that the rotors would sort of translate any high loading into rotor speed, I see that. In the same way that an 'engine off' dive and then a flare would do the same thing.. but I don't feel that this fully explains how the rotors remain intact in a high G loading. My apologies for being a bit dim in this, lol. I'm an engineer and have fixed and produced many machines in my lifetime, both in maintenance and in R&D.. So I feel I have, generally, quite a good grasp of many different principles... but I must admit to being in a bit of a fog regarding this 'thing' !! I feel an email to the makers of the Xenon might be in order... :-)

[@Traqr]

The rotors are heavy and spinning fast. Tension from centripetal acceleration helps keep everything in place, but you can see the rotor disk "coning" in many of these maneuvers.

[@vanleeaz29445]

WOW!!! Minute 5:40 on textbook landing without power...nice

[@davidcrabb7293]

booyah!

[@mariogarciagomez524]

+Van Lee Probably the safest of all aircrafts.

[@warrenjbrown4898]

Van L BIDI

[@dazzasnipes1911]

Is this the guy from Mad Max?

[@aleksanderpski3310]

only well skilled pilot...

[@vidalonga5002]

Quanto quanto custa um girocóptero desse valor dele em real quero saber e o prazo de pagamento e se é à vista

[@joseluizrocha.almeida9629]

Hownuch couat tobuy this girocopter?

[@webbest121]

Wheel turns with rudder

[@LuizAntonio-le9rg]

Qual valor em real desse autogiro

[@actomribeiro]

Lindo!

[@danielb516]

makes me tired just looking at it

[@Mihail_Korovkin]

Где найти летные и технические характеристики?

[@plantpower3048]

negative G?? how come!?

[@Mufin]

Toruń moje miasto ;)

[@raymondo162]

Two question a) is driver dronk ?? b) is driver dronk ??