Ultra light Autogyro / Gyrocopter

The operation in this video was performed on a closed course.
The aircraft is a legal ultralight and all participants
(including camera operators and motorcycle riders) were
safety briefed and part of this production.
There was a post brief with the FAA
after this shoot was completed.
ROUGHT CUT OF SOME BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE.

[@tallwalls76]

I remember Gyrocopter kits for sale in the 60’s in magazines. First time seeing one in flight...amazing.

[@billbogg3857]

Actually they are even older than that. A relation of mine used to fly one in the 1930s. They were known as autogyros back then.

[@chinaboss6683]

Can purchase on ebay now. 😂

[@scottbowers5716]

I can't get enough of this video. This is the best display of steady and stable flying in a gyro that I've ever seen. It makes me drool over it. I must have one.

[@johnbenson9379]

😢

[@bradmettler4566]

It is sweet but im scurred. My dada buddy built an ultralight and effed himselff up on tue first flight. Walked away but was pretty busted up.

[@carlosta3049]

I need one of those to go to work I'm sick and tired of all the traffic in California!!

[@moto__shark]

Get a bike. Problem solved!

[@zillionzulu]

@@moto__shark with a whole bunch of lunatics on the road. high chance are you end up in the ICU room.

[@jordanrodrigues8265]

Unfortunately it's not legal to commute with an unlicensed vehicle. You'll need an "experimental" registration for the aircraft - basically you have to build from kit, do test flights, and have yearly inspections. Commuting requires a private pilot license or better: medical exam, ground school, 45 hours logged. Figure about $10,000 of schooling. Fortunately this gives you the other private pilot privileges: flying at night or over congested areas, most small airports, talking to ATC. All airports if you have the necessary equipment and endorsement. Motorcycle is much cheaper.

[@g11group18]

Haha.. great idea in India also

[@ivanpaezcabo6300]

You can enjoy the ride, its fast, you dont need deal with traffic congestions and laws, dont need stop, and can go in a straight l8ne from home to your place of work. But anyway Elon Musk are building underground roads to avoid traffic deals in LA.

[@johnlds1965]

I've not been back to this video in like a decade Shawn from when you first were posting your Gyro videos, (the early days) and it just popped up on my KZbin feed, not surprised it's now got 11million views, well done.

[@rotorshawn]

Yeah. Thanks.. Kind of fun how it's sticking around..

[@ronfrost7160]

Awesome, great photography, real sound and no crap music!!!

[@dgrayzona]

Very Good! Flying ultralights always felt to me like riding a motorcycle with no bounds. Great video! Awesome!

[@cyng6734]

*Been playing some FarCry4 recently.* I searched up "motorcycle gyrocopter"(they call it "buzzer" in the game) on youtube today and finally found it. My day's been satisfied. Thank you. Have a nice day.

[@user-un2ur7ve9d]

Как мотоциклист и бывший пилот, получил от просмотра истинное удовольствие!

[@darkdevil642]

Showing love from XKCD!

[@thephatphil2806]

Great little aircraft. Nice film work as well! It was a fun and interesting video I've been a pilot for 41 years I'm going to build my first autogyro, looking at as many as possible to get ideas thanks stay safe.

[@joedaly2362]

I have my Butterfly for sale on Facebook Marketplace.

[@vishwajitpawar4076]

Wonderful video with nice coverage of greenery .Excellent hardwork. Thanks.

[@MisterstereoOso]

Wow ! What a cool machine..I am totally green with envy !! You must have great observation skills going at that speed, scoping hazards like trees, fences, pylon wires etc., Respect my man ...🤢 !!

[@SlickRidezGarage]

This is absolutely the coolest thing I've ever seen! Are these in production? Takeoff/landing room needed? Top speed?

[@eugenelayton5231]

I have watched this so many times but never tire of it.

[@rotorshawn]

It was a fun flight and shoot

[@fernandomassaranduba]

Wow!! Let me say once again: WOW!!!! SIMPLY FANTASTIC!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@jennifercarro6342]

Fernando Massaranduba hello

[@tuz2919]

Пилот просто супер. С большим удовольствием посмотрел. БРАВО!!! СПАСИБО.

[@ericpalmer2714]

Hi Shawn, I have bought the exact same gyro, upgraded it with the clt kit. it has the 582 to tax. I havent flown it yet but have had several hrs of lessons. hoping this year. just wanted to say I watch all your videos multiple times keeps me inspired. appreciate it!!!!!

[@XLEG1x]

How has it been going for you?

[@trail4844]

Look up his name dude actually passed away .. rip

[@TRUBOLAZ]

"I have bought the exact same gyro" - con you help with infos where and how much. I have plans but I do not feel confident enough to build rotor head. I've beemthinking of electric giro too

[@solomonjenkins9505]

@@trail4844 what really? I couldn't find anything

[@Rakkasan-vr8xt]

@@solomonjenkins9505no he’s still alive, as of Feb 2023 he is still posting from what I found

[@sansmemes1]

My first comment on KZbin....ever!...after watching thousands of videos over the years. I had a recurring dream as a child that I took off flying in a bicycle. Not like E.T. but more like this. It had rotor blades and I would maneuver it over fields. Felt like deja vu watching this video. MUST try this some day.

[@rotorshawn]

They are good fun. Thanks for visiting... I hope you can someday.

[@davidgagne357]

Same here i have made real dream of this many many time when i was more younger

[@biharibabu5216]

Sir please talk to me this is my number 8340534916 I am from India (Bihar) I need you to save my life. please please please talk to me

[@salmanmansoori3313]

Hii

[@geoffdundee]

Coqui Castro ........ when i was a child i used to dream my body could fly.....id be flying horizontal.......if i tilted my head back id go higher and would loose height if i tilted it forward......i used my arms to go left and right......for the first few dreams i was indoors banging into walls n stuff but i eventually mastered it outdoors (in my dream state)........it was absolutely amazing.....the dreams stopped when i was approx 10 yrs old.

[@gajanantalekar1324]

What perfect pilot skill and controls ..... hats off

[@rareone5041]

When I first clicked on this video I got so excited I started laughing lol 😂 this is amazing 🙌🏽😍

[@efrancis19]

Awesome flying...and great photography too!

[@Aragiss]

That is unimaginably awesome!

[@rotorshawn]

Aragiss Thnaks.. It's so much fun.

[@user-it2zw3jg1y]

Very beautiful, creative and inspiring

[@charles-iii6759]

That looks like a lot of fun. Awesome!

[@ronnieschille3357]

You live once in life... That video is worth a risk... Great video!

[@danielb516]

i cant get over how stable it is

[@mohsen_far]

I watched again. Very nice video and a professional flight. good job

[@2792revs]

2 beautiful machines in one scene!

[@Helloreality101]

I love my motorcycle but I'd take the chopper for sure, looks like a blast!

[@rotorshawn]

It is.

[@ragimundvonwallat8961]

not a chopper

[@patrickcooperstockfootage1185]

@@ragimundvonwallat8961 Get to da chopper.

[@McBears1]

great video--the machine I think everybody dreams of flying

[@mgmd4367]

cgi

[@andrewsinclair7159]

@@mgmd4367 What's CGI, the aircraft?

[@zakoh85]

This is super. Pilot control is amazing.

[@hunsadersrockinranch]

2019, IS THIS GUY STILL ALIVE?

[@nofd1977]

Shawn what's the price of one of these fine machines sir?

[@PaulMichaels2010]

Oh that is so amazing. Closest I get to doing this in real life is playing Far Cry 4.

[@T1LL3R]

Yuuuuup, i just came from far cry 4 video, talking out an outpost with a gyrocopter, and now im here.

[@jxck889]

Yep

[@Wortzilla]

such videos will be part of archives of future generations. They will see our desperation to develop a more versatile commuting solutions Just as we see archives of old times

[@lourencovalle8621]

BOM DIA PARA QUE SOU VICIADO EM KZbin. NÃO TEVE OUTRO VÍDEO QUE SUPERACE ESSE FOI SIMPLESMENTE FANTÁSTICO. FORA DE SÉRIO. NÃO TENHO PALAVRAS. PARABÉNS PELA MATÉRIA TRAZIDA

[@JamesParus]

great video. Only problem I see in the design is that the strut from the rear wheels points directly to the pilot. If it comes down too hard, the structure should be able to take the impact and not pierce the pilot. But it's hard to judge a design without seeing it close up.

[@Rocky1765]

So freaking awesome!!!

[@mark675]

Same as my old bike :) This videos awesome! 😎

[@rogerraimanavidal346]

This is exactly Captain Jedediah's autogyro in Mad Max. :D

[@uhdpappleorchard238]

This gives awesome feeling

[@g4xjp]

wonderful to see such inginuity

[@lt4324]

Little Nelly, lol. GREAT VIDEO AND AIRCRAFT! Thanks for sharing.

[@YTjndallas]

Biker wearing full safety gear. Gyrocopter- What’s the point? If I eat it; I eat it.

[@AbdulHakim-uq1nv]

I could watch this video over and over again .

[@azizandn4691]

Just build then

[@Sunshkid1947]

In the 1920s, if you wanted to fly like this, no one stopped you. Now, people want you to "be safe". Life is an adventure. If you want to fly like this, I am all for it.

[@TheAnantaSesa]

And meanwhile suicides are more common too w the boring safety restrictions of a stressfilled modern world.

[@zhiqiandu3110]

AnantaSesaDas A man wants fun but he must get certified by FAA FBA FCA FDA...

[@euphrates5625]

Bro this machine is safe, it can not stall

[@srnunan4783]

Its probably safer than the bike!!

[@Bidness100]

AnantaSesaDas 😀

[@user-zt5si1lc4j]

Long time waited machine with Improved version

[@sevtecsev]

What engine are you using? I used two West Bend 7 Hp engines on my machine.

[@kashifraza2849]

You're flying so close..must have been making the motorbike guy nervous worrying for his head 😛

[@rotorshawn]

Not as close as it looks. We were both in the same page.

[@sharemarketmotivation6753]

I'm from India it's awesome guys I love it so much 😍😍

[@PaperPackingMachines]

Wow! Very very good creation! Hope it can be popular soon!

[@cosmicdetective8052]

Can you plz lemme know about the cost of making this and what type og engine you used?

[@GianfrancoFronzi]

The smooth handling of the gyro is amazing .

[@gimmietheprize]

Awesome!!

[@bestdealdoors]

My favorite gyrocopter video of all time 🙂

[@sztorijozsi]

What is this gyrocopter modell name?

[@mixey01]

This would make an amazing James Bond chase scene

[@Razgriz619]

There is one actually. See: You Only Live Twice

[@KevinStriker]

It's part of two amazing chase scenes in The Road Warrior

[@fryncyaryorvjink2140]

I was just thinking, if i had the skills I'd photoshop the autogyro shooting at the motorcycle

[@presistancelydeccer7338]

Remind me a lot of mission I'm doing in FC4

[@intiqamliyev8562]

Beautiful flying.

[@rizwanghafoor9713]

Beautiful video

[@isakaw1157]

4:30 almost cut youre hands :O Awesome flying man! :)

[@elibarikkiakyoo]

Seems like He loss control

[@ted6176]

What happens if you lose power on that gyrocopter ?

[@Devin_Stromgren]

@@ted6176 From what I've read, you float to the ground almost like you have a parachute.

[@ted6176]

@@Devin_Stromgren Yeah, I've heard that too, but hard to trust. Maybe retrofit the machine with pogo sticks so it can bounce to a safer landing ?

[@mdairin9064]

@@ted6176 o9

[@raffachannel6071]

Awesome

[@gorakhnathpawar2057]

Great At what rms rotors are rotating?

[@vicsglobal1]

What road was that filmed on and what ski area is that in the background? Great, inspiring flying and video. Thanks for the reply.

[@CrowWV]

Shawn, Is that a kit? If so, who is the distributor? Thanks

[@rotorshawn]

This one is made by a company called Air Command.

[@rotorshawn]

Lots. I have as about 2000 hours in that machine.

[@kinshayshafra6842]

Do these require same amount of knowledge as a regular full size one?

[@mikecorbeil]

+Shawn Adams 3,000 hours is a year and a half of full-time employment, so it's quite a bit for test-flying this machine. It takes only a few weeks of learning to be able to properly drive an automobile on town and city streets, plus highways, including different ways of parking; and then it takes a careful learner to be able to learn driving during wintery conditions, f.e. That's a total of at most two full-time weeks (of hours), for slow learners. So, 3,000 hours means you have plenty of experimentation with your flying machine. Sure, driving a ground motor vehicle can get tricky. F.e., I was very accustomed to the Eastern Townships of the province of Quebec, Canada, all months of the year. Roads were always safely drivable for me during all seasons; except, one winter, we very unusually had "black ice" and I wasn't experienced with that. I was driving slowly but the car felt odd for control. I scratched my head like a monkey and wondered if I was hallucinating, decided to stop and get out to check the road, immediately falling or slipping backwards as I stepped out onto the road. It was super slick, fast black ice. Very unusual for the area I was in! It ended up taking about 2 1/2 hours to drive only 18 miles! I didn't know whether to turn back or not and continued onward, hoping the ice would soon end, but it didn't. Well, it didn't take me 2 1/2 hrs to learn to drive on the icy surface. 2 1/2 hrs is only for the duration of the short trip. The learning happened in a matter of minutes. The driving speed became 5, 6 mph, crawling. Yes, I learned from the whole experience, but it didn't take more than at most a few minutes to drive safely with this road condition. So, 3,000 hrs is truly significant experience.

[@rotorshawn]

+Kinshay Shafra I assume you're referring to a helicopter? They are much easier to learn than a helicopter..

[@davitlasker7107]

Adams, what is the cost of this vehicle? how much fuel it needs?

[@rotorshawn]

I'm feeling this one for around $15,000. New there are around $25,000. It holds 5 gallons and will fly for about 45 to 60 minutes per tank depending on how you're flying it.

[@mrkhokhar4895]

Wat a beautiful flying , great video

[@yhosancharlie9753]

Hello, what measurements did you use and what engine to make that plane

[@TheSlimmshadyy]

Looks like something right out of an old James Bond movie.

[@jonathanj.7344]

It was called "Little Nell" in You Only Live Twice.

[@alhz9076]

That's because it is

[@bmw328igearhead]

Mad Max movies had one...

[@oakleysierney1918]

that's what led me to this video lol

[@Eruuuk]

Where I can buy this thing?

[@asuccessfulllovestory3661]

Mebi kharidunga

[@user-cz1du3ts3o]

Hi Sean Adams, can you tell me what kind of motor you used?

[@Accurize2]

So if you have an engine out what’s the glide slope on this?? 🤔

[@krsslim]

So very cool! I love the open pilot position, it must sort of feel like a flying motorbike. It looks very stable & nice to fly :)

[@claudionasser1233]

QUANTO CUSTA ESTE EQUIPAMENTO? PARABÉNS!!!🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@tobysmith4604]

If you build it yourself, couple thousand

[@stevejeffries1603]

Great camera work

[@DELFELECTRICIDAD]

the autogyro is a wonderful apparatus! Felipe De León, pilot of the youtube channel, greets you TODO HOBBY

[@rahulpal5039]

Super technology.. salute from India 🇮🇳👍🏻

[@user-jg1nl7pl9g]

Супер, только опасно,байкера без головы может остаться,я постоянно мечтаю так полетать,удачи тебе

[@emekaisuochi368]

This is incredible

[@JDOTVegas]

That pilot is an animal! That is some sick flying!!! I wonder how fast the motorcycle was goung.

[@geograph1000]

I have watched this vid so many times, its the one that makes me want to fly, apart from my Spitfire experience that is

[@harles5000]

How do you top a Spitfire as a pilot? F18 maybe! Those Gyro’s look pretty affordable and fun!

[@rotorshawn]

Do it. Fly.

[@manofsan]

@@rotorshawn - What's the name of this gyroplane? What's the make or model? Who manufactures/sells it?

[@rotorshawn]

@@manofsan It was an Air Command. I made a lot of modifications myself, but it's an Air Command at it's core.

[@manofsan]

@@rotorshawn - is that the normal size for that Air Command model? Or did you further shrink it down somehow?

[@aircamera400]

And this. Ladies and gentlemen. Is why women live longer than men

[@fryncyaryorvjink2140]

I hope they enjoy the nursing home as much

[@SecretPesch]

And this is why mens lives are better than womens lives

[@langeheinrich9619]

hahaha lol

[@thedave7760]

And because Men is why we actually have machines that can fly and ride.

[@John-KJV-ge2rk]

mooresly400 indeed!

[@xiangbong5525]

How is it made from what goods? What can I tell

[@The16june76]

Any error you go straight up rather than down hats off

[@TK-zf7sx]

During the safety briefings, I bet they they told the guy on the bike at least 8 times, "Keep your head down".

[@smudgepost]

If it's legal where can I get one! Looks like an awesome home project to assemble.

[@guywithdreads]

Online

[@yashuamessiah3922]

I want to build one of these what did you use all the material

[@theorganics5427]

Can you tell me about speed and fuel consumption with distance or time ?

[@shiva_689]

plot twist: he didn't know the guy on the motorcycle, he was just harassing him a bit for no reason

[@robertjohnvanzyl4020]

How can I get one of these? And for how much!? Assuming this is just a normal ppl licences?

[@ravichary8808]

You Don great job

[@TheAnantaSesa]

I know paramotors are about $10k each. My guess is these are a similar price.

[@he1882]

Tou dont need a PPL. Theese are classified as a ultralight aircraft and according to the faa you do bot need a PPL or anyother lisence. You can just buy one then fly the best day. Though is is reccomned that you get some training or train your self by taking small steps.

[@ibrahimkhan3292]

Amazing griocopter I like your style

[@chrispbacon4519]

Where can a get one of those? It is AWESOME.

[@alexandrkapakly2983]

good job

[@abdallael-mansy6719]

I need to build one but how ? I need mecanical informations

[@samburris9068]

there are many blueprints for free just google away

[@juanaranda1236]

Felicidades, pero comparta información sobre esa nave tan espectacular.......como se llama, que motor tiene y dónde se fabrican....

[@astripathi95]

How much max speed it can achieve? How much max kilometer with full tank?

[@rotorshawn]

[@ra2ja13]

hi shawn adams i want your contact so cantact me my mail id [e-mail], my phon number 9688777971. pleas cantact me

[@mikecorbeil]

+sp Raja Hmmm, seems like there might be a business opportunity in this. If it's what sg Raja's post is about and all works out well, then it'd be nice if you'd let me know about it, for I'll then communicate about this to some friends.

[@cheerbearsue]

I love that thing!

[@streamline626]

wow.. wonderin how much a gyroc cost? i wanna have one

[@manofsan]

What's the name of this gyroplane? What's the make or model? Who manufactures/sells it?