Viral Video of Gyroplane

Credit to Agencia EFE www.celiergroup.com

[@abtechgroup]

That better be a stable patient - image the pilot having to fly and do CPR at the same time....

[@doranjaffas7351]

If that was affordable...my kind of affordable.. I'd own one.

[@966Mako]

This seems to keep going over people's heads. It's not a helicopter replacement. For non life threatening or critical care injuries, it's an alternative to a possibly long road trip by ambulance. Given the choice between the 2 or nothing, it's a no brainer.

[@joelmartin2549]

Titus Cato, why is this a better option than fixed wing, if you are taking off from a prepared field the gyro has little advantage.

[@Turksarama]

@@joelmartin2549 Much shorter take off and landing length. If there isn't an airfield nearby you can use a shorter piece of road than a fixed wing would need.

[@joelmartin2549]

Turksarama, I get the short take off, but helicopters are filling this roll now, how is this better than helicopter and fixed wing? If the answer is cheaper, the one other question is: is it really, this machine looks too small, so a larger one would probably need to be used so....?

[@jamesbrett5010]

It’s not going over people’s heads. If a person is in stable condition and needs to transfer for some reason an ambulance or helicopter would do a better job. Direct to the hospital with a nurse to watch the patient en route.

[@cameronlapworth2284]

@@joelmartin2549 gyros have an unpowered rotor so much lower matience cost no life on rotors so much much lower operating costs. This was all done in the 1930's though,. With jump take off.

[@dwightbernheimer331]

As someone who's owned a Bell Long Ranger, I can guess Insurance company guys are slitting their wrists and throwing up in their Waste Paper basket looking at this LOL

[@smug8567]

First Touch down was a bit bumpy but you improved it in your second landing. Good efforts. Now get some rest you have big loops under your eyes.

[@fitrianhidayat]

Damn, that ambulance sounds more like an ice cream trucks than an ambulance

[@rajeshnarayanaswamy5773]

Lovely gyrocopter,welcomento rural and villages for sure,best if the cost are economical.Will be useful to developing nations

[@jandejong2430]

A Fieseler Storch fixed wing from 1937 would perform similar.

[@richardoakley8800]

Never seen a hospital with a runaway

[@aeasus]

Great aircraft for dropping bodies with it's easy front dumping feature.

[@maskmask5025]

Hahahaha

[@cwehbe]

So where would the medical crew that takes care of the patient fit in this sardine can?

[@t.c.3027]

That maybe why(to me)that pilot appeared to be somewhat stressed transporting🤔...Great point though, however the kinds of patients that's being transported by these means, it's not necessary 🤔...

[@dn221273]

Who said it was a medical gyroplane? It is a ritual for the farewell to the last journey. To heaven by air, so to speak ...

[@unecol]

Muito show! O girocóptero não estola por velocidade, pousa e decola curto e tem um baixo custo de aquisição, consumo e manutenção (diferentemente de um helicóptero). Seria excelente para o resgate rápido em rodovias!

[@brucesimpson7169]

I would think a medic would also be onboard just in case patient has a complication.

[@effyleven]

Where does the medic sit? On the roof, or bracing themselves on the feet rail like a scene from MASH?

[@mikecunningham7621]

@@effyleven That is a four place gyro. Medic would be behind the pilot.

[@richjecha5950]

You need a runway coming and going. Wheeled ambulance initiation and final delivery. Move patient and release/strap down at least 6 times. No additional transport medic if emergency arises. Logistically very limited in it's application. Might be considered a transport option but that's about it for a good health patient. Would never ever cut it in an emergency situation. FAIL!

[@davie627]

gyroplanes are so fascinating and addictive aircrafts,looking forward for my OWN,hahah

[@shanemartin8904]

your broke ass cudnt afford a model steam train

[@larsthorwald3338]

The patient succumbed, due to excessive vibration and noise. hahaha

[@8460437]

Great for transporting cadavers.

[@eugenelayton5231]

Of your life was at stake you wouldn't botch about how you got there. This was obviously a demo drill.

[@GFSwinger1693]

That is a good way to see if the injured are just faking it. If that does not make you stand up and say "Oh hell no" nothing will.

[@bones2898]

Raphael in his self promotional best

[@flymachine]

Aviation is my life but if they ever tried transferring me from an ambulance to a gyro I would get up and run, if my legs weren’t working I’d crawl

[@leotfp1]

É a primeira vez que vejo um socorro parar para dar um passeio de girocoptero, e depois embarcar-lo novamente na ambulância para levar no hospital pois esse aparelho não tem capacidade de descer num heliponto

[@ricksweet5115]

beautiful !

[@symmetry08]

So, which kind is more capable at landing on shortest stretch of landing strips and efficient ?

[@ADAPTATION7]

Gyroplane: The poor man's helicopter. (I just couldn't resist).

[@kocnn]

Gyroplane! very low cost to operate and maintain. No license required just operator training.

[@shawnwright5332]

I don't know what country your from but most industrialised country's absolutely a license is required!!!!

[@kevinbarton9052]

It is also great with electric motors and solar panels on clear sunny days.

[@omarbedair]

You need 150-200kW to fly one of these safely. This would equate to a football field spread of solar panels. And batteries are too heavy for such a light aircraft. Engine propulsion is the optimal approach.

[@56thSPSk970]

And just who is tending to the patient? Monitoring vitals, suction, drug iv therapy.....

[@Arbear64]

I am a medflight RN. Been so for years and this is a waste of time and energy. First of all if a PT was non critical there would be no need to fly, they could go by car or ambulance. If they are bad enough to be flown somewhere then there should have been a nurse in there with them. If a PT chose to fly instead if they were no critical why would they have to be on a stretcher, why can't they set in a normal set and fly? Seems all silly to me and also life indangering

[@cameronlapworth2284]

How much does a fully equipped ambulance cost? How fast can it drive? And how long is it tied up (not able to respond to an emergency) if it has to drive someone to a hospital 200km away? In country medical transport this would be cheaper than an ambulance. Person might have spinal injury or need to be flat so normal car might not be suitable. And this is as cheap to run as a car and much much faster, not just physically, but also because it flies straight there. 100mph cruise in straight line maybe only 130 km compared to 200 on road on mountain s or hilly country even better,. And in country with 100km/hr speed limit, this would be much quicker.

[@Asturiano53]

Please save me from ever having to do that!

[@rivercitydronephotography7407]

It looks like there is sufficient room for a medic in the rear seat behind the pilot.... everyone’s a critic...

[@thatdutchguy2882]

If there are life's at stake your critical gaze is definitely necessary. This gyroproctor is absolutely not up to this task.

[@abrahkadabra9501]

If you look closely you'll see that there was no door behind the pilot side of this Gyroplane. So I guess there is no room for an attendant. Too bad, this would have met quite a few requirements that a helicopter fills at a fraction of the cost.

[@mikecunningham7621]

@@thatdutchguy2882 Nonsense! It flies, it carries the needed payload, and it is as safe as any other small aircraft, safer actually.

[@jinhak_lee]

too late for emergency patient.

[@stopcallingmeshirley]

It the accident didn't kill you, getting to the hospital will.

[@etherospike3936]

At least you'll be busy filming the pilot and the view !

[@agentred8732]

Fake news! In the hands of a skilled pilot like the one in this video, Gyrocopters are statistically safer than airplanes and helicopters.

[@Christeky]

@@agentred8732 I'm sure that's correct, it just doesn't look that way. As far as first impressions go, I would be very apprehensive accepting a ride in one of these!

[@lesizmor9079]

Shirley, you are misinformed. Do some research before shooting your mouth off.

[@cameronlapworth2284]

@@Christeky like all aircraft they operate within the laws of physics. They are much safer in rough weather than other aircraft, I have literally taken mine off across the width of a grass strip when every other aircraft was grounded. Very stable the rotor automatically tweeters to compensate for differences around the disk so you climb and resend in rough weather but it doesn't pitch about,. Engine outs are a doddle easy. My first engine failure happened while practicing engine out landing s. The motor cut on the way down just landed normally went to taxi back to find my motor had stopped. They are unsafe at very high speeds but flown normally by well trained pilots they are probably the safest aircraft around. They cannot stall, spin, rotor automatically compensate s and self governs so you cannot over or underspeed the rotor in normal flight ,. No negative g like helicopters,. Buy if everything goes wrong you can just pull back on the stick and it descends like a parachute to the ground. Extremely safe but you need to be trained by a competent instructor.

[@adevadossantos8497]

Socorrer paciente sem médico é o fim.

[@reflexxtr]

Who looks after the patient then??on the flight. were do the paramedics fit in??

[@Danroxye01]

The flight went so well somehow the evacuee healed on take off and he decided to film as they flew around then the pilot returned to the same airport . I know it's only a show or a pub but really

[@t.c.3027]

Lol... hadn't noticed that, so you're most likely correct, just an enactment for pub....

[@DavidAlanArnold]

That's Awesome!

[@swifttalyordongre8196]

If there is airstrips than only guro can land. Small helicopter is ok for emergency

[@HeliPadUSA]

Ummmmmmmmm.............every med flight has at least a nurse on board. this isn't gonna work.

[@bobjames9618]

Space force contractor!

[@gilmardossantos3563]

Muito bom esse girocóptero!

[@timothygodfrey4950]

ok, what happened to the silver space blanket he was wrapped in when they loaded him into the gyro?

[@MikeBrown-ex9nh]

My thoughts, exactly. He no longer looked like a baked potato.

[@AviationNut]

The person must have felt better he even filmed the views outside and the pilot flying. LOL

[@DanFrederiksen]

He wanted to look his best for the girl on the right at 2:29

[@spignetti]

the pilot ate it...

[@Vinnie101a]

Dan Frederiksen : Make that girl on the left!

[@moneymandan6217]

Flew one ,no biggie

[@cattleNhay]

The injured patient became the camera man once aboard... Now that's viral.. NOT

[@jacknobodydasilva6788]

What the hell is that? The guy left Brazil to deal with the Assorted ??? Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Very good, that one!

[@Iam-ur3jj]

Who changed the patient?? :)

[@williamprice3929]

Did you people not read "category, comedy."

[@3melendr592]

Makes me grateful to have flown on UH-1's and UH-60's!

[@captainobvious9188]

I'm hungry for a gyro.

[@ericp7271]

Viral ? These have been around over 50 years. It's a hobby

[@barrywhitley2535]

That is impressive.

[@MichaelCGindi]

Let's take the disadvantages of the aircraft and the helicopter, combine them together and call it Gyroplane.

[@DavidSibley040461]

I think there is truth to that but the gyrocopter has some helicopter like advantages at a lower cost.

[@cameronlapworth2284]

Gyroplane s are significant ly cheaper and safer and easier to fly,. They use much less fuel and can take off from unprepared paddock s and land in tiny spaces. So a fixed wing aircraft needs a prepared strip at both ends. A helicopter fully equipped is probably close to a million a GA aircraft would need a proper airstrip as medical transport for a stable patent this would be a good choice much quicker and cheaper than tying up an ambulance for country town to city transport. Obviously not a replacement for medical emergency thougg

[@cameronlapworth2284]

One more thing look up dead man's curve in a helicopter. Engine failure in gyro ease stick forward maintain airspeed and land with a foot or two ground roll. Rather than pull stick back bottom the pitch then try to dive to gain back rotor speed and glide and land so long as you had enough Hight + or airspeed. You pay a massive price to hover.

[@mikecunningham7621]

@@cameronlapworth2284 Thank god, someone with some gyrocopter knowledge here.

[@CesarChapa75]

Now hospitals need a runway

[@zanzark1]

It's like a light airplane, but more expensive, slower, less confortable and with less range. And still needs a runway to takeoff.

[@ArsPraestigium]

Well, yes and no. I haven't priced this model, but similar models are about the same price as a luxury car (less than $150,000), and I'm guessing this is comparable. Airplanes in that price range are rare, and airplanes that are large enough to transport a patient at the price range are nonexistent, unless very old and in need of a great deal of regular maintenance. Too, in sustained winds of 35-45 knots or greater (not uncommon in mountainous regions, for example, or on the coast), the gyroplane can take off and land vertically in most instances. An airplane can't do that, either. Some autogyros cruise at 90 to 120 knots. The one in this video cruises at 102 knots. That's plenty fast enough to get a patient from point A to point B, again, in most situations. I used to fly in Medevac Hueys when working EMS decades ago, they can go faster but are also limited in when and where they can take off and land. They also cost well over 10 times more. They could be ideal for flying a non-trauma patient, too, for treatment in a remote facility, and do so with regular high test gasoline, rather than aviation fuel, which is also a monetary advantage. Both helicopters and planes serve their purposes, and they gyroplane can be a practical third option.

[@zanzark1]

@@ArsPraestigium I have an LSA, I have friend who have gyros. It's just worst in every aspect.

[@TheRjjrjjr]

I love this application but there doesn't appear to be enough room for a medic to take care of the poor injured guy! I wouldn't think this is a viable solution for medical needs until they add some room and another person.

[@loveforworld7062]

Gud machine..drone like small crafts vil fit in small places like terrace or lots..lengthy rotters suck.

[@jamesbrett5010]

Ya I do think anyone about to die would choose to have to take off and land at an airport then go to a hospital. Unless hospitals start building runways instead of helipads.

[@haydenh2283]

Wow amazing

[@thatdutchguy2882]

Cute, but an air ambulance needs more than that.

[@966Mako]

ThatDutchguy, if it's a choice between that or possibly nothing or a few hours ambulance ride. For no critical injuries, I'd go with the cute gyro.

[@theSaxman5]

It's not an operating room. Preliminary preparations should be accomplished in the ambulance or by emergency medics before the Gyro arrives to help sustain life in route. The medic on board can perform life sustainable procedures and the Gyro can have augmentation equipment to enhance saving survivors life's until advanced procedures can be administered in the emergency room or more advanced clinics or hospitals.

[@enriquecasiano579]

Were is the run way?

[@mechcntr7185]

The woman on the right at 2:29...wow she is good looking. What are the advantages of a Gyroplane?

[@Vinnie101a]

Who cut off the wings?

[@FlyingRob1]

German registration!

[@digitalranger4259]

Maybe as an inexpensive non-critical medical transport, but what if the patient seized in flight? I don't see room for a paramedic inside. I love gyros, but helicopter for the win.

[@cameronlapworth2284]

There are 4 seat commercial gyros which could hold doctor or paramedic, and can jump takeoff and landing in feet.

[@digitalranger4259]

@@cameronlapworth2284 Excellent. I haven't come across them, and you don't share a link, but I will take you at your word. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge gyro fanboy, and think that Cessnas and the like should be selling for pennies as people realize the awesomeness of gyros to fixed wing aircraft. But even though you can land in feet, and jump takeoff, the helicopter can land in rougher weather and doesn't need any runway to land. Still have to give the overall advantage to helicopters.

[@cameronlapworth2284]

@@digitalranger4259 look up goening hawk? Gyroplane s and helicopter s are equally good in rough weather as both share similar dynamics around high wing loading, and articulated rotors. Basically both have to compensate for the difference in advancing and retreating blade airspeed which is always double the forward airspeed. They do this by teetering or flapping hinges so the advancing blade lifts washing off angle of attack while the retreating blade dips gaining a of a. This means that any difference in lift is automatically balanced across the disk. This was pressed home to me when I had been flying gyro for a few years and was offered a flight in the ultralight I'd training in. I took off and we hit a thermal under one wing and I sat there tilted the pilot said are you going to level it, I did then it happened again and again and Im thinking why aren't I compensating. Anyway I went flying in my gyro and realised I'd hit a thermal the gyro would slowly pick up the lift but didn't tilt so you don't touch the stick and it never pitches up down left right. You can get the vertical stabiliser yaw left or right but no bank or pitch (however I did have correct downthrust on the motor). I've flown in winds that had all fixed wings at my airstrip unable to fly I just took off across the strip and landed vertically from again the width of the strip (we had no cross strip) a couple of pilots almost cane unstuck when the winds where even weaker. So no real difference in handling between helicopter s and gyros in rough weather.

[@shawnwright5332]

@@cameronlapworth2284 nobody today makes a 4 seat vertical take off gyrocopter

[@cameronlapworth2284]

@@shawnwright5332 oh yes they Goering brothers aviation hawk 4. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnSoipmNbamsrrM Mate I've flown gyros since ny early 20s built, flown and even instructed in gyrogliders. I wouldn't describe myself as an expert but I'm familiar with what's around. There was even a tip jet composite chopper/gyro hybrid (could take of and land as a chopper or gyro). Flew in forward flight as a gyro. Carried about 30 or more people fairly rotordyne. Google it. Interesting aircraft.

[@wanderleyapparecidovieira2282]

If chopper is danger,imagine a gyro,crazy people plane...

[@shawnwright5332]

With proper training and experience known for a fact safest way to fly period or just google it yourself

[@mikecunningham7621]

@@shawnwright5332 Yup!

[@user-mt1qw4vp2t]

XENON , лучший из гириков .

[@richystar2001]

One pilot.. No onboard paramedic?

[@ecoslast1394]

Welcome 2 the stoneage!

[@heliopapum4980]

So falto agilidade nessa simulação, todos parecia que tava dormindo

[@LordCommanderEdTN]

¿qué tiene de especial? Es un autogiro o girocóptero, y fue inventado en 1923 por el español Juan de la Cierva. What is special about it? It is an autogyro or gyrocopter, and was invented in 1923 by the Spanish Juan de la Cierva

[@lracrellim2711]

Yeah, think I would rather be transported by a turbo prop chopper to the roof of the hospital

[@shawnwright5332]

Yea but for half the world's poorest countries this is a life saving alternative that can be offered when no money is available for the very expensive helicopter program!!!!

[@christopheschwartz7374]

Très intéressant pourquoi pas?! Il faut faut voir que désormais un autogire est beaucoup plus évoluer qu' avant!...

[@tobiashume6040]

C’est moins cher qu’un hélico, c est sur

[@richystar2001]

Does anyone hear the MASH tv theme in the background.?

[@samhouston2000]

No, because this is not a helicopter.

[@ronjohnson9507]

What's next? The fighter version?

[@LordCommanderEdTN]

What is special about it? It is an autogyro or gyrocopter, and was invented in 1923 by the Spanish Juan de la Cierva

[@cameronlapworth2284]

Actually in WW2 they tried to mock shooting one down with a spitfire (get gun camera footage). They couldn't get it in their sights it would turn on the spot and they'd over shoot. The German U-boat s had fold up glider version s that they assembled on the deck and towed behind when on the surface at 1000 ft to spot enemy ships in the distance.

[@albertoperez4324]

Y cual era la gravedad del paciente o es solo una demostracion

[@stavel3]

Oh boy..........

[@ask4george1]

You chose the wrong application to demonstrate this Gyro Copter. If can't fly directly to the Hospital, then what's the point.

[@m.farooq6909]

Which country is shown in this video?

[@mikewhitaker2306]

Really your state cannot afford a helicopter rescue squad you're going to need a couple more ambulances after that thing crashes those are very undependable and dangerous as hell

[@roniedsonrodrigues6806]

Só o piloto e paciente .não cabe médico enfermeiro ou socorrista pra prestar socorro ser o paciente tiver parada cardíaca .não vi vantagem nenhuma nesse avião

[@nickatnite68]

So there's no medic on board? Pilot is just supposed to sit there and watch if someone dies?

[@abrahkadabra9501]

I didn't see an attendant in the Gyroplane.

[@MrKnutriis]

Horatio Jones the patient acts as copilot

[@abrahkadabra9501]

@@MrKnutriis ha ha! 😁 Just looked at it again and there was an attendant behind the pilot but there seemed to be very limited access to the patient. A very cheap medivac Gyroplane would seem very attractive to some nations.

[@sugiono3462]

Amazing

[@davidvasquez3564]

Imagine if the guy had a seizure and kicked around the inside of that craft? Oh well, there goes the patient and the pilot

[@fitrianhidayat]

That's why it has front door, the pilots could easily dump the patient outside in case of emergency

[@mikecunningham7621]

That is why the patient is strapped to the gurney.

[@GerardoParedes]

No entendí para que se acelera horizontalmente para despegar si tiene hélice de eje vertical. Pregunto eso porque despegar así limita su utilización.

[@visineish]

Gerardo ,acelera porque el eje vertical no tiene traccion,(motor) ese eje tracciona con la resistencia que ejerce el aire con las palas del rotor

[@bryanreeme8584]

I guess if I'm unconscious I'd ride in a gyrocopter; if I'm awake it'll only be a helicopter or a fixed wing!.. never understood why people still use em

[@MrRolnicek]

Cause they're cheaper, easier to fly and safer. And of course the visibility out the "cockpit" rivals a freaking jetpack.

[@cameronlapworth2284]

Because they are safer than both if flown correctly. Easier to fly than a chopper,. Excremely safe in rough weather and cheaper.

[@writerconsidered]

A real helicopter lands at the hospital directly and has room in the back for paramedics to work on the patient to keep them alive till they get them into the emergency room. I'm not sure what this silly thing accomplishes. Ambulance to airport-airport to airport- ambulance to hospital. They are dead by now.

[@turecomuerde]

it is a cool aircraft, but not for the advertised use.

[@tiozorrodelvalle9953]

No entiendo por qué toma pista para despegar si no tiene alas...

[@sarahivsutterb747]

In Augsburg, a city in Germany, there is a theater for kids called Augsburger Puppenkiste (Augsburger Doll box) and they have a story about a robot called Robby and a boy named Tobby and his FliWaTüt (Robby - Tobby und das FliWaTüt) and this thing is looking like a FliWaTüt and it is simply something to play but nothing to fly with! I wouldn't like to fly with this thing! Thank God for my Boeing 747-400 which I fly! Lovely greetings from Sarah 🤣💖🙋

[@janreznak881]

LOL. "Girl" claims to fly.

[@rayster57]

Oh HELL NO!

[@gillianorley]

It's an autogyro and they have been around since the 1920s. So, how is this a big deal?

[@ianburnett4605]

Helicopters land on hospital roof. how is this better than that.

[@garywheeler7039]

A lot less expensive, and the pilot doesn't have to be that good.

[@bluemarshall6180]

Ian Burnett And other places for emergency.

[@throngcleaver]

It's not better, but could be useful in certain areas.

[@kospencer1]

Low maintenance cost being one.

[@robertweekley5926]

Ian Burnett - They Could Buy A few of these, for the price of 1 Helicopter. And, it "Could Land" on Some Hospital Roofs, too!

[@shanemartin8904]

so who is administering care to the patient when airbourne??? The pilot?????

[@MrKnutriis]

Shane Martin yes, and the patient will handle the flight controls. Very efficient.

[@sansdecorum4600]

Seems fine if you have plenty of runway coming and going. That being said, likely not much use in an urban environment.

[@50pence59]

They can land within 6 feet.

[@marcosventurapro]

Gostei, mais uma aeronave a favor da vida, a favor do povo, parabéns.

[@aduntoridas80]

SAMU autogiro ambulance in SPAIN.

[@robertlackey4730]

A gyrocopter can do a vertical landing and virtually vertical takeoff (15-20 feet) , the pilot was either "taking it easy" or simply did not have a powerful enough engine to feel comfortable doing such maneuvers . Compared to the cost of a helicopter , putting a more powerful engine in this and a few hundred hours of pilot training to learn to get the most out of it , would still be a bargain. If this has even a chance of reducing health care costs , it is worth thoroughly investigating .

[@shawnwright5332]

That gyrocopter is not engineered for vertical take off landing the hawk 4 passenger is but is no longer made as well as the gyrhino which was never produced for the public all other gyrocopters need runway to take off and land fact!

[@mikecunningham7621]

No need for "a few hundred hours of pilot training." New pilots solo Gyros in the same amount of time as the average new fixed wing pilot .. around 10 to 15 hours. Granted.. a brand new pilot is not going to be flying gyro ambulances, and a commercial ticket is needed, but it does not take the hundreds of hours a helicopter does.

[@vincent7520]

So they took the man out of his bed and shuffled in in an ambulance then to a gyro to put him back to the ambulance ad back to the hospital : hope he got a rebate from his medical bill…

[@vincent7520]

Then he must be paid as supporting actor !@Viggen

[@cameronlapworth2284]

Currently the drive non critical patient s in a ambulance s that cost more than this aircraft by about $50000 it ties up the ambulance for hours both ways. This is flying at 80-100mph cruise faster than can be driven on the roads in my country,. It fly's in straight lines so even if dropped off and picked up by ambulance at each end this is cheaper faster and much smoother compared to both road ambulance and fixed wing even in strong turbulence.

[@vincent7520]

@@cameronlapworth2284 You missed my point. I was simply being humored by the fact they had a man who was there to demonstrate and he played the sick man. As for the effective efficiency of the real thing … I will not venture on technicalities I have no notion about… Cheers.

[@cameronlapworth2284]

@@vincent7520 no probs