Helicycle Startup and flying

[@bionictrucker1]

What an awesome video to this "Helecycle" helo! I like how ya go over everything from the startup proceedures to take off & flying! Your video is the only one that I know of, for these tiny single place birds thatchya do go over the start up proceedures! I have watched a lot of videos of various type's of these tiny birds, & I do like all the tiny helicopters, but by far, this "Helecycle" is my favorite! I hope that some day I can afford my own Helecycle & learn to fly it! Fly safe, bud!

[@henry44ph]

Wow, one of my dreams. Thank you Dukepilot

[@baronpilot2bb]

Bob. It hovers pretty easy. I took an hour of training in an R22 to get the feel and then hopped in the Helicycle with no problem. It has a governor that automatically holds 100% RPM with virually no droop regardless of what you do with the collective. It is a really exciting machine to fly and is dirt simple to operate. You never run out of power.

[@leefithian3704]

A hint of RainX and You’re all-weather 😀

[@fargknob]

Great video.......thanks for the lesson and ride!

[@JustGrimy]

such an awesome video. looks like pure bliss

[@rahulgovani]

I loved every second of this. I am looking into getting one too but it might take quite some time to build it

[@superskullmaster]

Did you get one?

[@1gsb2120]

Awesome video. I would do something JUST like this if I had one yet.

[@jefftobias2226]

Thanks for doing this vid! I am one of those on the fence with a build and/or purchase. Thanks again.- Jeff

[@stylo816]

You just earned a subscriber sir. Awesome channel!

[@fargknob]

Once again, awesome vid. Thanks

[@disenfranchisedcitizen1432]

How is the rotor inertia as compared to an R22? When I was training in the R22, I was advised that you have about a second to respond to a drop in RPM to transition into an auto or you're gonna get blue blades. One blade blew over there, and one blade blew over there. As in the lack of weight in the R22 rotor blades is so little that a failure to immediately identify the loss of rotor rpm will kill you if you hesitate. I completed 53 separate training flights @ 22 hours with the last 3 being solos before I ran out of money due financial issues. I plan on getting back into it to get my private ticket and the cost of this chopper is very appealing. Thanks.

[@baronpilot2bb]

About the same inertia. Overall a very easy helicopter to fly. A few issues with this machine. There is a vertical hop that can develop in the rotor system that will literally shake the machine apart. If you ever develop this co ditio you need to pull collective immediately. Also, there have been some reports of excessive gear box wear with only a few hundred hours of use. I never experienced the gear box wear, but I did experience the shake and it was not something I want to experience again. Super nice flying machine other than that.

[@Stardock007]

I thought I heard someone say Dekalb county! haha I fly out of there from time to time

[@strongbonez6900]

so how safe are these choppers compared to a rotorway or mosquito?

[@codmott286]

Mosquito autorotates better, has much better visibility, and uses rigid mounts for the turbine. However the helicycle is heavier and was designed from the beginning to use a turbine, so helicycle pilots tend to be more confident and fly more aggressively. Also the helicycle doesnt use a belly gas tank so if you land hard you dont have to worry about exploding into flames. It really just comes down to preference. I hate the way the helicycle engine jacks up into position using belts to drive the main gearbox. A turbine engine should always be stationary. However the rotor system looks stronger to me and the seating angle seems to encourage better flying. Mosquito pilots just seem to hover around their backyards, helicycle pilots go canyon carving.

[@bobthefish50]

How easily does the Helicycle hover? Great video, Baron. From what I can tell, the Helicycle is the only amateur-built copter in its price range equipped with a turbine. This shows in your flight where it appears that you have power to spare. Be well, Bob

[@charliekeyes70418uuuu]

Hi Duke pilot, do you still fly

[@foxtrot789]

Idling at 48,500 rpm?? Did you mean 4,850rpm?

[@baronpilot2bb]

No, it is 48500 RPM idle. Full power RPM is 64000 . It is a small single wheel centrifugal turbine that runs very fast. Very simple turbine that was originally installed in ground generators that were used during Vietnam war up to roughly 1990.

[@kopskup]

how safe are thees? I mean that looks like very unsafe :D but I mean how much accidents happen because of engine failure or some other mecanical failure? or are most of accidents just pilot errors?

[@USSCodpiece]

Sorry if it was asked already, but someone mentioned on another video that the gearbox is prone to failure after around 200 hours. Have you heard this, or experienced anything like that? I realize most parts on a heli are time-limited, but that seems pretty low

[@MrTonymusic]

I being searching for month's as usual before I take any desition,like I did when I bought my Harley.and after this video I think there's no more search.where can I found the best price and customer service?

[@64wing]

Nice Fortis on the wrist 😌

[@HotRodKush]

Are those big blind spots from the "a-pillars" as noticeable while flying?

[@wengme]

so cool

[@KypHeM]

I really like how this is like a real helicopter with turbine and all.

[@putanaputana770]

Hi there I love ur machine. Tell me dint you find the pillars to wide? Costa

[@gregh7457]

temperature is under 800? did i hear right?

[@BulldzrWV]

What other Helicopters you rated on? Im rated on R22-R44 earning my CFII then hopefully do some turbine transition.

[@aval1998]

on the collective correction (i think its a trim for the collective, sorry I am only training in a Cessna 152,) you could try to make it motorized and put a 3-way switch on the cyclic so you can electrically adjust it so you don't need to take your hand off the collective

[@connordonahue6929]

Do you have to have a license to drive a helicycle?

[@jamers333]

No but you better have experience! They say a minimum of 10 hours of time behind the cyclic, as with anything the more time you have the better you will be. So another words it would best to have your license before you got behind something like this. In addition you would have to build this thing from the ground up. I just wouldn't trust myself enough to make sure i built it right the first time and first build!

[@strongbonez]

can u tell me where to get one?

[@leefithian3704]

Costco , sporting equipment isle 🤗

[@TimLitfieldakaTimWhitfield]

What airport are you flying out of here?

[@baronpilot2bb]

Hello - This is Auburn, IN.

[@TimLitfieldakaTimWhitfield]

What is the airport code?Thanks for the quick reply man I appreciate it.

[@Stardock007]

@@TimLitfieldakaTimWhitfield KGWB !

[@AllanEvansOfficial]

this is a turbine?

[@baronpilot2bb]

Yes,, Solar T62 from a military ground unit generator

[@iflyhelis]

I just subsribed, I love your videos. I know this is 2 years old, do you still have it & fly it? Kurt

[@codmott286]

I think he sold it due to a design/builder flaw during autorotation that causes the heli to shake violently and almost self-destruct.

[@pyramidhead138]

it kinda gets boring after a while of watching this. i would much rather be flying it myself

[@candacecassidy3004]

your not alone on that one. I'm in the vote on that one to.

[@emmettrowe5164]

Really could not hear everything you were saying..you kept cutting out ..and you really did that show exactly everything you were doing from your seated position..and you didn't show how you were turning with the stick..

[@stealhty1]

i like everything except fuel consumption, :)

[@legoshanon]

i am really good at flying the icon a5 so if you want I can send you a video of me using my simulator

[@SeekerFor1000]

Since that test pilot died in the A5 I haven't heard a thing. What is happening with the Corvette with wings?