The Mosquito Air Is the Smallest Helicopter in the Entire World You Can Own! S1 - Ep. 1

[@CaptCamel]

when registered as an experimental, you can increase your fuel load. though there are many other more practical mosquitos, that just dont fall under the part 103. they do however have one other model that falls under this categorym, the mosquito xel

[@BlueMax333]

a Pilots licence is not mandatory to fly a FAR Part 103 aircraft but it makes sense to obtain training to solo standard. In fact, Composite-FX, the manufacturer, won't let you take delivery unless proof of training can be shown

[@RelativeMotionCC]

"it makes sense to obtain training to solo standard." Sorry just trying to understand exactly. Are you saying they require you to take solo helicopter lessons as well as the 103 license?

[@BlueMax333]

@@RelativeMotionCC To fly a FAR Part 103 aircraft a licence is not required. Composite-FX requires the buyer to take training to solo standard. I guess they are safety conscious and also wish to protect the reputation of their products. In case you are interested, there are a number of threads on the Mosquito and other small helicopters on the FB group facebook.com/groups/436449473535787

[@Glenn.Cooper]

Hey James Cooper - this is Glenn Cooper - and I've been really enjoying your channel. Great content, factual, and interesting.

[@flyinggyros9745]

It’s a great time builder. If the engine quits it’s like any other helicopter. It autorotates.

[@TinShackVideos]

Gyrocopters were promoted heavily in the late 60's, I remember sales people doing demonstrations in Supermarket parking lots.

[@RelativeMotionCC]

Sounds awesome!

[@tadgyro]

Gyrocopter is NOT a Helicopter

[@giapo4728]

​@@RelativeMotionCC có bản vẽ chia cho ngàn người cần ạ

[@nategoodwin3329]

This is why I fly paramotors. Its purely for fun and if the engine quits...oh well. I love the idea of having a small helicopter, I'm not sure I could justify the risk profile with young children though.

[@LordofEvilKills]

Helicopters are able to do autorotation, which is quite similar to a parachute.

[@akramhassni5323]

Excellent work, strongly support your hardworking.

[@Ahki_Ethan]

Gonna get this and ship it out of country so I can fly it around Africa. Thanks for inspiring me 😅. Don’t worry I understand the risks and I’ll have my friend teach me, he’s a fire rescue helicopter pilot (2nd generation).

[@Makermook]

It's a good thing I can't afford one because I'd end up killing myself with it.

[@RelativeMotionCC]

😂

[@Runpulator]

I used to do a lot of parachuting. This looks like a blast, but looks less safe than standard skydiving IMO. I assume it can autorotate for a controllable, safe, engine off landing. Just hope there's no power lines, trees, ponds, pasture with barb wire fences and a mean bull, or other gnarly obstacles haha. I can't quite put my finger on _why_ I think this looks more risky to fly than many helicopters I've rode in and skydived from. Feels more vulnerable if there's a rough take off or landing 🤷 I still wanna do it 😂

[@John-rw2zf]

Great video. Thanks.

[@susanfrazer4341]

Enjoying your show

[@codmott286]

While you certainly can never overstate experience, you really dont need 40 hours of flight time to be a safe and competent pilot. Thats just to get a license to ensure you can follow the rules, fly at night, read a map, navigate controlled airspace, etc etc etc. Most pilots become self-sufficient after about 8 hours so any time building beyond that is just money in the bank.

[@RelativeMotionCC]

Sorry for the late response! I somehow missed this one. I would agree you can hand all of the controls to most students by around 8 hours but I think we can both come to agree on your statement you sure cannot overstate experience! and to me with helicopters especially, safety is just always my top priority. That's the biggest reason for my opinion

[@ats-3693]

Yeah but fixed wing and rotary wing are two very different things, I'm not sure if you have any experience with flying helicopters but just jumping into one with no training and attempting to even just take off would basically be suicidal, I mean obviously this is potentially true for any aircraft, but a helicopter is totally unforgiving and it takes a lot of practice before a person can balance the collective, cyclic, rudder, and power simultaneously well enough to be able to even lift off and hover without just instantly destroying the machine and himself.

[@codmott286]

@@ats-3693 thats why i said 8 hours and not 8 minutes

[@ats-3693]

@@codmott286 of side by side instruction in a dual control heli you mean? Here in Aus you need minimum 20hrs dual + minimum 10hrs solo + minimum 15hrs cross country and a total minimum time of 40hrs to get rotary PPL, and it usually takes at least 15hrs dual before a person is considered competent enough to solo. The relevant bit here is the 15hrs dual that is considered necessary for most people before being competent enough to fly a helicopter solo.

[@codmott286]

@@ats-3693 you're talking about licensing requirements, I'm talking about reality. Someone could learn to fly in 3 hours if they're really sharp, but of course regulators dont care and have mandatory minimums for safety reasons.

[@gamingwithlizardsd6478]

wish i could find one for sale these days, unfortunate that i'm gonna have to custom build one with some help from my engineering buddies

[@NicksStuff]

Yes it's a 2 stroke but no you *don't* need to pre-mix oil with your fuel

[@ericbitzer5247]

You need to mix 2 stroke oil in every 2 stroke engine. I don't know why you don't think so.

[@NicksStuff]

@@ericbitzer5247 The "fancy" two stroke engines have a separate oil tank and mix it themselves. So you don't *pre-mix", the engine does it itself right before combustion.

[@ericbitzer5247]

@@NicksStuff I never heard of that. Every 2 stroke I ever dealt with, you had to pre mix the oil in the gas. What engine has an oil tank that automatically mixes oil in the gas? That's a new one to me.

[@NicksStuff]

​@@ericbitzer5247 On a chainsaw, yeah. On an Aprilia 250 RS (and many many 2 stroke motorcycles, I just picked a cool one. It's the same for airplanes, boats and jetskis that use a 2 stroke), you have a separate oil tank (big enough to last several refuels, so you can actually co places with it) and you can choose your oil/fuel ratio. Keyword if you want to dig deeper: oil injection pump. Here's how it works: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYiml4CApJKpfNU

[@ericbitzer5247]

@@NicksStuff OK, thanks!

[@winsor68]

There is a reason they don't make these any more. It takes a lot of knowledge to fly one of these successfully. And you don't do it for any practical reason. Fotunately KZbin is a good enough practical reason so we get to see the amazing rare people who are successfully flying one.

[@bstevermer9293]

They still make them. Or you can buy a kit

[@jaimecordoba7283]

@@bstevermer9293 i

[@matthewrussell9120]

Except they do make them

[@FeralRabbit]

Missing the big point. You can rack up big time flight hours for very little $. Controls are the same it looks to me, Cyclic, Collective, AT pedals.

[@GT-yt3uh]

Freedom, buddy!

[@quietfalcon5853]

Cool

[@123windyron]

Cool thanks awsome vid.

[@johnd9031]

Wish some company still made them.

[@RelativeMotionCC]

I know, sad day :( I am aware of these ultralight helicopters en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-B_Helicopters_A/W_95 called the AW95, not my first choice ... but better than none if you can't find the mosquito air lol

[@gymkhanadog]

2 strokes are very reliable. What in the word gives you the notion that they aren't??

[@ericeller9165]

The engine lasts fifty hours. 🤷

[@brandonberg7703]

If you get the fuel to oil ratio off more than once you will scare the piston and piston walls. The carp jets will clog up, faulty spark plugs and constant crap adjustment. You will have to do a much more maintenance check then a 4 stroke engine.

[@gymkhanadog]

@@brandonberg7703 Then don't mess the ratio up if you're using premix... If screwing up premix is a regular thing that, you definitely find another hobby because you aren't detail oriented enough to fly. Many people go their whole lives never screwing up premix fuel. I've NEVER screwed up pricing 2 stroke fuel for anything, because I pay attention to the ratios. It's very, very, very simple. And if you have an oil injection system, there's no need to worry about it so long as everything is maintained. Never had a faulty spark plug on a dirt bike or snowmobile, or any other 2 stroke equipment. Only carb gumming is due to letting old fuel sit. There is little to no adjustments over time that are any more onorous than a 4 stroke. In-fact, a 4-stroke is worse due to many more moving parts. Timing chain adjustment, valve adjustment, and valve springs can fail.

[@gymkhanadog]

@@ericeller9165 50 hours for rebuilt. Not really outrageous.

[@GGCGAGSG]

60 years old and I’ve never owned a 2 stroke that I would call “reliable”. On an aircraft, it’s a deal breaker.

[@Rajeshwar2531]

I would like to have one of this

[@PnwPryo]

this would be perfect my city is no bigger than 15 miles accros i could get anywhere intown so fast

[@mray8519]

Yada, yada, yada.

[@salimd4456]

🧒Hai I'm saleem 👍Wow nice and helicopter

[@mixturevvlog80]

What is the price for mosquito helicopter

[@camcreative3436]

🚁🔥🔥🔥

[@TruFrag]

100% not about experience. Its more about that "click" Once your brain finely makes that connection of action vs movement. Flying a helicopter isnt that bad. Getting to that point of being able to have it just "click" is the hard part. Simulation helps greatly in my experience but there are actual flight training models you can get that tether you to the ground and dont allow to you crash. I think the Mosquito could actually make a perfect tethered training craft, and with its extremely basic control scheme it would put you into the position of jumping into almost any bird with the ability to understand the basics of flight. From the first moment, my home built tethered trainer took off completely from the ground and learning to maintain and control hover. Less than 2-hours. My father who was a fixed wing pilot took about a week, but he described it the same way, IT was just a kind of click, and then it just made sense and was almost second nature. Its more then learning to fly the craft, though. So much more. Laws and becoming a Weather forecaster are just another two things you need to be really good at... and how to you know... not die .

[@anandarekar3917]

Superb an lovely ❤❤❤❤

[@Englishnag6807]

Sir how to manufacture it plz guide

[@RelativeMotionCC]

I don’t think there are plans to home build this one unfortunately :(

[@larryrodziewicz8437]

They still make Mosquitos but not the Air Model anymore.

[@ianwalton284]

I'm having nightmares about these things.

[@salimd4456]

🧒👍I like your explanation some massage

[@JoseRazo-m4v]

What do I need too build one

[@ss_whole]

How much money would someone have to pay you to fly in one of these death traps?

[@johnericsson2983]

What's the deal with Cooper and Bodie?

[@RelativeMotionCC]

Haha I've been waiting for this comment. Well I'll be honest I wasn't expecting these videos to get much traffic so I was just kind of playing around on KZbin for fun. My real last name is Cooper and I couldn't decide if I wanted I fake name (stage name, or what ever you want to call it) or not rofl ... I think I'm going to stick with Cooper from here on out though ... I do apologize for the confusion, I can imagine it's a little bizarre =P

[@77jbob]

How can you use our videos !?

[@RelativeMotionCC]

www.copyright.gov/fair-use/more-info.html - If you believe I have gone beyond this your welcome to open a copyright claim with KZbin. I also go beyond most KZbinrs that do use other video's under fair use, in that I try to link everyone's videos in the description. Which will hopefully lead to your videos getting more views as well.

[@ehfejjfgggefgd4323]

$20,000

[@77jbob]

@@ehfejjfgggefgd4323 for what.? You making an offer?

[@cquilty1]

If engine failure occurred at a considerable height, it really would be a terrible demise. Imagine the terror, panic and fear of your last few moments on earth.

[@Nonflushableturd]

In any helicopter this would be true ?

[@cquilty1]

Nonperishablecurd Why the question mark? And what exactly are you talking about?

[@HobkinBoi]

This is a helicopter; it's capable of autorotation. It's like gliding but with rotors.

[@cquilty1]

@@HobkinBoi A helicopter - really? And I thought it was a fukkicng cheese sandwich. If the engine fails, the helicopter goes down.

[@HobkinBoi]

@@cquilty1 You watch too many movies.

[@monirrojialam9016]

This engine hp power sir

[@syukrimuhali1772]

Apakah saya bisa belajar bikin helikopter ini? Ini sangat bagus

[@harshit6106]

❤

[@xuseenmk1513]

How do I contact you

[@motorhomedospelejas.mirand4092]

Muito top ter um mosquito, vou trabalhar para ter oportunidade de ter um.

[@felexiaf8088]

How much its cost

[@sumandoytriunfando9788]

How much ?

[@KimHorng-r9y]

I want buy it

[@chipjup6617]

👍👍👍

[@ilovevegetables]

they don't make these anymore

[@RelativeMotionCC]

Sadly ... Yes : (

[@tommychook4552]

i would snap one up for 20 grand

[@bassammax6207]

Can you help me build a helicopter?

[@RelativeMotionCC]

How so?

[@bassammax6207]

You are the one who designed the helicopter

[@anandarekar3917]

I have more videos this helicopter

[@russellhuston6481]

I have zero hours, i will bet anyone i can fly a mosquito..

[@RelativeMotionCC]

I’ll watch that

[@russellhuston6481]

@RelativeMotionCC lol. I would too. Ill call it "cowboy 6 second flop"

[@andrewcheshire244]

Jump in (or on?), take off, what could possibly go wrong?

[@RelativeMotionCC]

I know right! 🙃

[@jama.oskoui9295]

Hi - I know that this helicopter is out of produktion but, Is there any possibility to buy a completer kit of mosquito Air helicopter ? If yes - how much dies it cost? BR Jam

[@RelativeMotionCC]

A kit would be hard to find I think. You might be able to track down a used one that's already built... it is a bummer they decided to stop making these :(

[@tadgyro]

I have one for sale ,$20000 and is yours

[@nealdavis6270]

@@tadgyro where are you located

[@tadgyro]

@@nealdavis6270 California,Los Angeles

[@thefirefenix7194]

$

[@giapo4728]

Việtnam rết thích .nhất ngành nông nghiệp

[@johnnycash578]

your voice is depressing

[@RelativeMotionCC]

Johnny Cash came back from the dead just to tell me my voice sucks 😭

[@sitkasate]

Waste my time watching.

[@matthewrussell9120]

You lost me at the liberal license mumbo jumbo

[@DannyDarko-up8cz]

Hi nice to meet you engineer.... I'm Aris and from Ecuador, please Do you can send me the plans to build this mosquito helicopter ....? Please I need because to have all machines to made this.

[@DannyDarko-up8cz]

Help me please with the plans pleaseeeeee....!!!