What happens if the engine fails in a gyroplane?

Come for a ride with us, on board our Cavalon, where we demonstrate the take-off technique, the circuit, and pull the power to an idle, in order to simulate an engine failure, all the way to the ground!
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[@dwightbernheimer331]

Proving Once Again... Take Offs are Optional... Landings are Compulsory... Good stuff, thanks for posting.

[@Skinflaps_Meatslapper]

Obviously you've never flown an orbital class rocket.

[@carlobuongiovanni7934]

Nothing, you just land softly in autorotation, keep the max efficiency speed to maximize the flight time and look for a good emergency landing field, descend and then perform a short flare and stop the gyro in few meters on the land. One of the advantages of the autogyro is that it doesn’t need a long runway or long field to dissipate the speed after landing as a normal three axis plane

[@jahstafari4606]

thamks for video ...might be usefull one day

[@13yearsaprepperr.jtilbury.51]

A gyro is always in Auto rotation ! < Just land

[@pieterpretorius1014]

unless you lose the rotor. then you become a rock

[@RWBHere]

@@pieterpretorius1014 An aeroplane which has lost its wing or tail is also a rock.

[@jjohnsonTX]

Well that was fun.

[@moss8448]

back in the old days you ran forward til she lifted off now they have a rotor turner thingy

[@breevwhyman2985]

seems safe......wonder about similar scenario in gyrocopter? thanks

[@armandovela4415]

This is a video training situation of what happens when an engine stalls in a gyrocopter he throttle down at 2:50 to idle. and shows how to glide the Gyro down safely without engine power since this is a training simulation he is not going to actually turn off the engine

[@jamesbarratt593]

Wild guess. The weight of it and speed keep rotor spinning above. The rotor prime button keeps it above 200 rpm anyway. just a guess.

[@hookpilot1681]

Its like he has a stick shaker

[@guitarholio]

Wonderful video if all you want to hear is cockpit noise.

[@leecowell8165]

right he may as well have said nothing. do these people ever actually LISTEN to their own playback?

[@Aluminata]

No worries - unless your mid Atlantic or some such.

[@sarah-nm6dt]

Ya baby!😆👍

[@t.c.3027]

One of these days!🤗., if not, hopefully I'll be able to contribute to someone close to take lessons, acquiring their ppl/G certificate/license & own one of these birds!!!

[@kjm-ch7jc]

What did you say ?

[@butterzaries4277]

I'd love to fly one.....but I'll stay with a chopper ANYDAY

[@duch3573]

ELE TEM AUTONOMIA DE VÔO, DE QUANTO KM COM TANQUE CHEIO? QUANTO CUSTA UM DESSES? ELE VEM COM PARAQUEDAS ANTIQUEDA? CASO TENHA UMA PANE MECÂNICA E O MOTOR PARE DE FUNCIONAR?

[@Bryce_C.]

I think he landed the gyro with the engine off

[@weezylistening]

For the people who are complaining about the sound quality, I heard every word he said. Perhaps it's your equipment that needs upgrading 🤔

[@tanagra2]

Oops unless you’re being sarcastic….sorry

[@williammann9816]

Is it just the fact that small airplanes are flown more than gyrocopters that I see a story on the news about plane crashes and the death of the pilot and passengers or severely injured but never hear of deaths when landing a gyrocopter that lost power.

[@jackwilson4722]

Lot of vibration in the stick is that normal. Used a lot of runway to takeoff.

[@leecowell8165]

yeah a lot. why is that? one would think to get the rotor pretty much up to takeoff speed I would think. didn't realize they needed more runway than a Cessna.

[@another3997]

@@leecowell8165 They don't "need" that much room to take off, but if you have it available, why not use it? It's better to have a bit of mechanical sympathy than to constantly push to the machinery to its limits. Things last longer. It also gives you time to notice any potential problems and abort, and ultimately provides you with a greater safety margin.

[@roshamcorporation9184]

What price ? Thanks

[@rotor-sport_australia]

What price are you particularly interesed in? Perhaps visit our website (rotor-sport.com.au) and reach out to us for more information

[@Mr38thstreet]

It wasn't clear when the engine was idled.

[@vighneshkannan7896]

it was at 2:50

[@alexsze5455]

What??????????????????

[@michaelnorris4629]

You land

[@jeroenjansen2709]

I think you have to watch your airspeed and your rev count because you can stall it

[@rotor-sport_australia]

Gyroplanes don't stall. We can have zero airspeed and still descend vertically all the way to the ground - we'd land with a thud though. The rotors continue to rotate thanks to airflow through the rotor system so if the engine does quit we simply pitch the aircraft to landing speed (typically 55-60 knots) and land safely.

[@joshua.merrill]

At 0 airspeed, would the gyrocopter start to yaw in the direction of blade rotation? Is rotor overspeeding a problem? I’ve been doing helicopter lessons, and gyros are just mind-blowing to me!

[@rotor-sport_australia]

Hi @@joshua.merrill at 0 airspeed the gyro will lose rudder authority and begin to spin. No amount of rudder input will prevent this, so the recovery is simply lower the nose to regain some airspeed which returns rudder authority and you will stop spinning. It's simple! The rotor self-manages its RPM so there's nothing we need to do with it - once we have completed the take off process the rotor RPM is mostly irrelevant

[@joshua.merrill]

@@rotor-sport_australia thank you for your reply. What interesting contraptions these vehicles are!

[@user-rk9wm6rn3b]

What do u mean off or on turbo it runs all the time maybe hi or low boost never on or off

[@allwortht]

Can be landed engine off

[@piwiwipi5233]

A non event when you have a good place to land just beyond your nose...

[@garywilliams4953]

And that was the purpose of the clip... A non event in the event of an engine failure. They don't fall out of the sky

[@segredosdotiosam9989]

@@larryusher4189 right. The advantage here is that the approach is steeper and slower, takes much less ground to land . The downside is that they don't glide well.

[@seagullclub3236]

I see why you have wear a glove- constant vibration in the stick will give you hand:- arm-vibration - syndrome (HAVS) I got that from years of running a chainsaw.

[@peredavi]

Unfortunately, your microphone is not picking up a lot of your commentary, so the value of this instruction isn’t so good.

[@Nickle314]

Very odd behaviour of the compass on take off.

[@lkazanov]

Just can't get past the stick shake. Seems like holding a weak jackhammer. That's my only hesitation.

[@DinoHunter56]

Believe it or not, with enough practice your brain sort of cuts through and ignores the vibration of the stick and only reacts to things that feel odd. The brain is an amazing thing. Don't believe me? Your nose is always in your field of vision but your brain tunes it out because it's always there, therefore the brain sees it as useless information and filters it out. Same thing with the stick vibration in a gyro. Once your brain realizes the vibration is useless information on what the aircraft is doing. It will filter it out

[@RWBHere]

@@DinoHunter56 Absolutely true. We do the same thing with sound, touch and smell. If you listen to scratchy old 78 rpm records, or to Shortwave radio (I'm a licensed amateur) you can ignore the noise within a few moments. After a few minutes in a smelly environment, you cannot smell the odour until it changes. Touch a surface lightly with your finger and hold it perfectly still, then you cease to feel the surface within a couple of seconds, until you move again.

[@davidhowe3076]

cool audio with headphones

[@espr7564]

Nothing

[@douglasfachincicone996]

What lack for the biggest part of the gyroplane is the VTOL capability

[@cerealspiller]

He did not demonstrate a short landing, but most modern gyroplanes can land in a very short space indeed. As short as 20 to 30 feet, depending on lots of variables I suppose. Much shorter than most planes, but not a helicopter of course. On the flip side, a gyroplane is much, much simpler mechanically than a helicopter.

[@douglasfachincicone996]

@@cerealspiller Yes but have two American gyroplane company that has the VTOL technologie for gyroplane, Skywork and Carter Copter(Jaunty Mobility), the gyroplane would be a good and more cheap alternative to helicopter and of course most safety

[@Patrick.Weightman]

??? No power was cut, everything is still totally operational.

[@rotor-sport_australia]

The engine was idling as this was simply a demonstration. We have another video in which the engine is shut off and we demonstrate a safe landing - check it out

[@gerhardkutt1748]

Very noisy video. Should have had noise cancelling tech dude ...

[@flowluna]

Yep, i will stick to a glider instead

[@another3997]

You think gliders are any safer in an emergency landing?

[@bordgard1]

Theabae rackletu garbledy.

[@garywilliams4953]

???

[@bordgard1]

I agree! If "I" wrote that seeming nonsense, I must have a a foreign-speaking döppelganger. A complete mystery to me!

[@plantpower3048]

So absurd gyros require so much runway

[@kerbalairforce8802]

They don't. You can land one on a dime, it's just safer to maintain forward flight if you can.

[@plantpower3048]

@@kerbalairforce8802 you know u have to take off before landing right/

[@another3997]

@@plantpower3048 You know that you can accelerate to take off speed as slowly or as fast as you want? You don't have to thrash an engine all the time, so if you have the room, why not use it? A longer run up gives you more time to see and react to any problems that might arise BEFORE you get in to the air.

[@henryetter1477]

In case of engine failure is to start. "Dear father who art in Heaven"

[@pittss2c601]

It drops like a brick. I have hundreds of hours in rotorcraft and they all drop like a brick without power. Plus the rotor diameter is very large. So if you try to land on a road you'll probably hit a wire or a mailbox or a sign or corn or whatever. Minimum rotor blade diameter is usually 28 ft. So on a country road the blades hangover 6 to 8 ft on each side. It's very risky and will cause a rollover if you slightly touch something with the tip of the rotor blade and you'll destroy the aircraft even with a perfect touchdown.

[@rotor-sport_australia]

Actually in a gyroplane you don't drop "like a brick" - descent without power is about 500ft per minute. The point of this video is to show how controlled the descent and landing can be in the event the engine does stop. You are right with regard to the rotor blade length so the pilot needs to be very aware of where they are going to be landing in order to reduce the risk of damage.

[@pittss2c601]

​@@rotor-sport_australia With a 4:1 glide ratio most gyros are on the ground in less than 1 minute since they typically fly low. With a high load, high heat & humidity and density altitude they often drop faster than that (800' to 1,200' per minute). Most aircraft are very controllable with the engine off if you maintain best glide speed. My old Pitts Special S1S glided surprising well with the engine off. I've trained heavily in Robinson helicopters. Role the power to idle and you are on the ground in seconds. Same with modern gyros. It takes a high level of skill and judgement when the engine fails unexpectedly which happens regularly. Benson, Air Command, Auto Gyro, Magni, American Ranger...they are all the same. They drop very fast.

[@operator8014]

@@pittss2c601 You... Realize that you're arguing with a rotorcraft flight instructor, right? You realize that you aren't right... Right?

[@pittss2c601]

@@operator8014 It's my experience flying lots of different types of rotorcraft aircraft. You will never hear a rotorcraft pilot complain that they cannot quickly lose altitude. Only some airplanes like the Breezy & certain ultralights drop as quickly.

[@operator8014]

@@pittss2c601 Okay, you don't get it. Roger that.

[@mitdragnurb]

can't understand a word you say man, engine noise cancels out your whispering voice. other than that, good information.

[@operator8014]

It's not for you, it's for the student with the headset.

[@thomasfx3190]

Krikey. Can’t understand much at all mate.

[@whukriede]

Too noisy, sorry no fun this way.

[@robertowen1648]

What happens if the engine fails in a gyroplane? So exactly what happens ? Pointless garble.

[@rockyrivermushrooms529]

You just watched what happens