My LAST flight of this homemade GyroCopter

[@larrymangold1048]

I was waiting for Mad Max to come down the road!

[@guyroy4857]

Thank you for showing the folding mast. That’s the only way to have it fit in a standard garage. I had two gyros with short masts. Huge flaw. Still had a great time flying anyway.

[@omeobandit9928]

The thing I like about folding mast is that the folding point is usually the strongest part of the mast, so when you crash the gyro the mast is more likely to snap above the folding junction which is above your neck/head

[@wishbone5785]

@@omeobandit9928unless it is a titanium folding mast!

[@AndyMcGeever]

@@omeobandit9928 I think i'd rather it be an if than a when..

[@one7decimal2eight]

Looks like a blast but also terrifying

[@charliewilson85]

Your yelps sound exactly like the Gyro captain from Road Warrior!

[@l.g.lionheart7465]

I have to know how you built it! Its everything i need in life

[@PavloLukashuk]

Nice flight! 👍Thanks for the content !

[@vumba1331]

Looks like a Subaru EA81 engine on your aircraft, great, reliable power source, used one on my microlight.

[@omeobandit9928]

Its such a nice engine and can be very powerful with a few small mods. Mine on a different gyro pushes 100hp with ported heads, slightly different cam and compression.

[@vumba1331]

@@omeobandit9928 Also had the cam modded on mine, cleaned the heads up which were from the EFI heads so I converted it to fuel injection and electronic ignition, essentially full FADEC. Always started first time and no problems with carb ice or plugs fouling. Cheap parts too!

[@omeobandit9928]

@@vumba1331 Awesome setup!

[@ralphhowing3473]

When I was a kid we'd camp at El mirage and the folks towed there copters behind there cars, no engine

[@omeobandit9928]

Gyro gliders 🙂

[@googleboy7]

I had a good friend who was a stunt pilot. He bought a gyrocopter. I pleaded with him to get rid of it. They found the gyrocopter and his body 1/2 mile short of the runway, about a mile from our house. Shalom/gw

[@jameswalker590]

I wonder what happened? From what I understand even if the engine stops, gyro's more or less float down.

[@milesbrown8016]

Sorry for your loss…

[@koreyardoin3695]

@@jameswalker590 The propeller up top is powered by the air current and not the engine, and acts like a wing. So even if something happens to the engine or propeller in the back it can still glide. Apparently though (second hand information) they work differently than an actual aircraft in control and can crash if you nose dive too hard. The reason being that due to the physics of how it works it can slow down or stop the blades from spinning, which means you no longer have lift and you'll drop like a stone. If he was short of the runway then perhaps he came in at a bad angle like that.

[@gyroaero]

There can be numerous reasons but the most obvious one is the lack of experience and poor pilot training. A gyro is a very easy to fly craft but it does not mean you should not learn from an instructor. In all other aspects it is true to be one of the safiest aircrafts.

[@DannyRivers-fw3ie]

​@jameswalker590 Two main types of accidents, rotor tail striking, bunting a power push over. Bunting is caused by a zero or negative G event, the rotor unloads, the engine thrust flips the aircraft, it's fatal, no recovery. It is my understanding you can also get additional fuselage drag that helps bunting from say a gust of wind at a bad time, nearing negative Gs. Here is a video, warning pilot didn't walk away. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZfNc62oiKmljJIsi=aZTEY_T_lPKIcuIL Basically if you do a high energy maneuver, you can get into this roller coaster situation. That video looked to me as a mild maneuver. Very shocking the results. As you zoom down, pull up, at the top of the rollercoaster flight path, negative Gs. No expert here so don't take my advice on anything about autogryo. Decades ago I had looked at buying one, no thanks. My understanding at the point of losing rotor aka it's unloading, the thing to do is exactly opposite of fix wing where the nose is drop, power added. It seems in an autogryo it's get off the power immediately to reduce engine thrust, raise the nose to keep air under the rotor? Any autogryo instructors here? Answer best left to them.

[@gyroplane]

magnifique, superbe, what a nice scenary !

[@omeobandit9928]

Thankyou mate, perfect gyro country

[@wompstopm123]

you see this and you say eeither, thats too scary, or where do i get one?

[@GuerreroUrbano100]

I want to learn to build/fly a Gyro so bad! Also, what shoes are you wearing? lol

[@TheRainforestExhibit]

Ditto!!!!!

[@beesherald]

yeap, the shoes is a good start point for me.

[@chrishyde1216]

Start with a good pair of shoes, and build the gyro from there.

[@claudiogucci2019]

Complimenti !!!! Ottimo lavoro !!!!

[@cjeremie]

Super! Q: type of camera; where's it mounted; settings?. I have a Gopro mounted on my mast, don't recall settings, have a FlyCom helmet which I'm going to reset my camera on that.

[@omeobandit9928]

Thankyou, it's a GoPro 10 mounted on the chin of my helmet and filmed in wide view 👍

[@cloudpandarism2627]

mate what camera you use?😮 quality is just from another planet

[@omeobandit9928]

just a gopro 10 black :)

[@keithgarland3404]

Did you ever make any progress videos of the building of your gyro.

[@omeobandit9928]

I don't build gyros

[@sergiogastoncarrizo159]

This is amazing😮

[@Syphaxis]

I would get up every morning and punch wood with my bare fists to have someone teach me the skills to build one of these.

[@GodzillaGoesGaga]

What kind of training did you need/get to fly this lovely aircraft ?

[@omeobandit9928]

Training in two seat gyro with instructor

[@redsrollingnow1]

Do you mean last or previous flight as in are you going to fly again? 👍

[@omeobandit9928]

This was the last flight before I sold it. I thought I'd never see it again. But I have now flown it once since it was sold and it still goes good 😊

[@irfanbaig6077]

Wow nice... What is the length of rotor blades?

[@omeobandit9928]

26 ft

[@KRISHNAJOBUPDATE]

Can u please suggest me book. I study and make gyrocopter like u😊

[@TazMartin]

Are you selling or sold it😊.

[@stevemoline9839]

An "exhilarating" ride in shorts! ;-)

[@poppetrurazvan3900]

Please mind the speed drag and portance ratios. Wit my deeply respects. Thank you.

[@ghecko-pz8rj]

you getting another machine mate ?

[@hardrod6989]

Bro, where can I find a step by step guide to build this.

[@parulparul6436]

How much price gyrocter rotor head and blade

[@omeobandit9928]

I don't know, most of the machines I have flown were built with carefully inspected, used parts from other crashed aircraft so would be cheaper than normal

[@YeetEritus]

how long can these fly for?

[@omeobandit9928]

This little gyro has 40lt tank, burns about 25L per hour with the ea81 car engine. Some gyros are worse, some are way better. Depends on the engine, fuel tank size, how it's made n stuff

[@YeetEritus]

damn so ~90 min that's impressive @@omeobandit9928

[@an4491]

i only got one question: WHAT ARE THOSE

[@FourthWayRanch]

Is bandit a good gyro? I see one up for sale

[@Mansavednone]

Me any the boys when we finally unlock the gyrocopter in 7 days 💀

[@robertrhue3189]

Blue print ?

[@shanec.7105]

Is there plans for gyro building?

[@dougtaylor7724]

Back in the 60’s in Popular Mechanic they sold kits. I knew a guy that built one with the help of his brother in law. They built the thing and proceeded to teach themselves to fly. They would get it up and follow a road, land at a gas station, refuel and return home. After a year they became too lax and had a few small crashes. They sold the motor and used the tubing for other projects. They both somehow lived to be in their 80’s and died of natural causes. Usually not the case when you teach yourself to fly. 😂

[@gertkristensen6451]

what happened to the tail rudder blade flap or what happened?

[@omeobandit9928]

Yes a small blade flap when trying to hand spin the rotors in strong gusty wind

[@currentfaves65]

Would you be able to routinely and easily remove the blades to transport the GyroCopter by trailer ?

[@omeobandit9928]

I bought it from a fella in the city and he used to trailer it and set up the blades every time he flew, and the trailer had a special pop up crane with winch for the blades. So it's possible. I've put blades on in the middle of the bush with my mate standing on the roof of the car parked next to the gyro holding one end. I've done it by myself in the hayshed one time but it wasn't very easy. Tbh it's annoying, I leave mine on and fly it everywhere, gyros don't like being on trailers

[@omeobandit9928]

It's just one bolt to take the blades off the machine and then a few easy bolts to take the blades in half off the hub bar

[@currentfaves65]

@@omeobandit9928 Thanks for the reply and the videos. Hope you are having great day !

[@omeobandit9928]

@@currentfaves65 same to you my friend 🤝

[@energycantbedestroyeditcan7671]

I want one. The upper blades are not powered, as you know. So like a wing there's turbulence to consider

[@omeobandit9928]

Don't worry about turbulence, the gyroplane can fly in rough weather, not like a light airplane 😁🤙

[@seikibrian8641]

"So like a wing there's turbulence to consider" The rotor IS a wing; a rotating wing. It rotates so fast that it effectively becomes a disk, and the disc loading is enough higher than the wing loading of most light aircraft that it handles turbulence much better. Rotorcraft, whether helicopter or gyroplane, handle turbulence very well.

[@MahaBali7975]

But I heard tail winds are danger for rotors, it kills the rotor speed to zero and if you are at low height, it will be difficult to gain airspeed to gain desired rotor rpm😮😮😮

[@Airon79]

The internet says the rotors aren't driven but this one and many more have a ring gear that rotates with rotor shaft so does the rotor shaft spin a dynamo/alternator to supply electrical power to the aircraft , since everyone says the rotors are free spinning . Actually watched similar gyros and those blades , really do start spinning really fast before they takeoff .

[@energycantbedestroyeditcan7671]

@@Airon79 Yes they do, it's powered, but after take off the top propeller, if you will, provides lift, while the horizontal propeller provides thrust against the top blades which if you notice in flight are tilted up more than a helicopter.

[@gertkristensen6451]

what motor is on your auto gyro

[@omeobandit9928]

Subaru ea81

[@gertkristensen6451]

@@omeobandit9928 I have seen one with a wv 1500cm engine on it. What makes the Sabaru engine better than other engines. ??

[@omeobandit9928]

@@gertkristensen6451 lighter and more powerful and less vibration I think

[@gertkristensen6451]

@@omeobandit9928 the subaru engine is 20 years old, i know the boxer is well balanced, but i think a small wv peugout turbo engine is much more full of power .. maybe people are just afraid of the new thing .,

[@crawford323]

Red SkyWheels now. Why the change?

[@omeobandit9928]

They are 26ft AK Rotors (alloy).

[@crawford323]

@@omeobandit9928 My mistake obviously. I did not look at the hub. I am building a Parsons Trainer ( two place tandem) with a Lycoming 0320. I have raised the CG to “match” the thrust line. In the process of building a composite fuselage/ cowling to cover the bare square tubing frame. The drag as you say is terrible and I hope with wheel pants and some aerodynamic treatment of whatever flat surfaces presented to the wind, I get a 70 mph cruise at 2200 RPM. This build is a beast and it is what it is. Aircraft prices are outrageous and it seems a rich man’s game now. I am so proud of you and impressed upon your completion. It is no simple task and you did it. Congratulations!

[@omeobandit9928]

@@crawford323 Thankyou, although I didn't build this machine. It was built by an unknown man in 1996. I have a 110hp gyro with a pod and windscreen now, and its very aerodynamic in comparison, and it cruises at 70 knots with about 4800rpm i think. I don't know if a gyro without a pod could do it but i only know how these two gyrocopters fly :)

[@crawford323]

@@omeobandit9928 Hang on to them. With the way the prices have risen in a scary short amount of time, they will be worth a chunk of change. In my case either build on the cheap or do without. A registered flying machine at a reasonable price is rare these days.

[@mekkler]

Pre-rotator broken?

[@omeobandit9928]

Yep burned out the contacts 🥲

[@mekkler]

@@omeobandit9928 ouch!

[@franzjimeno8322]

why last???

[@omeobandit9928]

Because I had sold it and flew it to the new owner at the end of the video

[@AnthonyHigham6414001080]

Anybody thinking they can teach themselves to fly auto-gyros; DON'T DO IT. Get instruction. They are easy to fly and easy to crash and the accident statistics are truly awful. There are things you must never do but you have to be taught what not to do.

[@NicholasTomlinPlus]

What, no double pluggers??

[@omeobandit9928]

whats double pluggers?

[@crankfotton]

Was that powered by a rotax Engine?

[@omeobandit9928]

No a Subaru ea81 car engine

[@jordanquinatoa8218]

my dream becoming true 😊

[@ONLYYOUKICK]

❤

[@ДмитрийКамышев-и1м]

Зачем раскручивать ротор руками если видно что там есть электродвигатель...? или он неисправен или просто особенность его такая..? Ему требуется помощь или слаб аккумулятор и не рассчитан на данный стартер раскрутки...?

[@omeobandit9928]

The starter motor was not working, one of the connections burned out a few weeks earlier

[@ДмитрийКамышев-и1м]

@@omeobandit9928 Veri thanks it's my question, you video it's 👍 beautiful.. Thank you ❤️ ( sorri i am no speak English 😂)

[@omeobandit9928]

@@ДмитрийКамышев-и1м спасибо друг, я говорю Руски немного

[@ДмитрийКамышев-и1м]

@@omeobandit9928 Я никогда не летал на джайрокоптере,и даже не видел их в полёте..только несколько моделей на земле,но вещь интересная,( в молодости занимался полётами на крыле Рогалло) и не много пробовал самостоятельно на моторных вариантах.Вещь тоже интересная,но ограниченная по метео и обзору верхней полусферы,а вот джайрокоптер говорят легко переносит турбулентность этим и заманивает..правда и мотор на него нужен мощней

[@didieraubry4882]

Génial

[@MrShobar]

Death trap.

[@posys5140]

oh right hand drive car you must be in New Zealand

[@howardsimpson489]

Not much NZ scenery like the craggy rock so probably Australia.

[@Sanjupotadar59]

Make video and Send me How the Pre Rotor Works

[@gungho6798]

Mad Max

[@ralphhowing3473]

Just a little rudder damage!

[@omeobandit9928]

It was a huge rudder anyway 😁 I'll make a new video of the machine now, the whole things been modified and simplified

[@ciaranbrennan16]

Looks like Australia.

[@Sanjupotadar59]

I wanna Built in Home Bro Please Help Me 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@omeobandit9928]

I don't know bro, I just buy old used gyrocopters and fly them lol idk how to build one

[@Sanjupotadar59]

@@omeobandit9928 ok Bro

[@Callme99665]

How much bro

[@irfanbaig6077]

@@omeobandit9928 how much?

[@UnexpectedInquisition]

Sign me up

[@kibapoohead4633]

Hmmm. So what ?

[@uredskivid]

Advice - DONT take your lessons From Steve McGowen . I did and I regret it . He is X marine with some " interesting " traits .

[@Sanjupotadar59]

😭

[@kennybeans6115]

Aerolite 103

[@omeobandit9928]

?

[@claudecousineau5811]

Envious

[@claudecousineau5811]

Not me hacked

[@GaryWilson-u9v]

Williams John Thomas Christopher Thompson Steven

[@poppetrurazvan3900]

Hi. Those are the worst flying aircrafts. Do not wort the risk to fly them. Thank you for the moovie

[@willdwane156]

Far cry 4

[@raaz9370]

Gyrocopter had all parts details vdo searing sir

[@PK1967-u8h]

Can’t fix stupid 😅

[@omeobandit9928]

@@PK1967-u8h what's stupid?