Flying A Gyrocopter Without Dying I Axel On The Edge
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ต.ค. 2021
- In the third episode of our new series 'Axel On The Edge', reporter Axel Primavesi’s career really takes off - literally. He has one day to learn to fly a gyrocopter - a cross between an airplane and a helicopter. Together with flight instructor Jochen Weigel, our Euromaxx reporter explores western Germany from the air.
Not small feat. After all, he’s never flown anything in his life before. Watch here to see how he gets on.
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Report: Axel Primavesi
Camera: Marco Borowski
Edit: Marco Borowski
Producer: Hendrik Welling
Supervising editor: Elke Schwab
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As the inventor of the Autogiro in 1921, Juan De la Cierva questioned, “ Why do the passengers have to fly the at the same velocity as the wings?” And with that out-of-the-box inquiry, this lead to birth of the modern sport Gyroplane.
The bravest of all is probably the flight instructor in the back, how he just leaves the control stick and the instrument panel to Axel.
That is so gail.
German tax money well spent indeed.
As a former fixed wing pilot, I've always fancied having a go in a gyro!. Instrumentation's very conventional, and I gather from those who do fly these regularly, the learning curve is straightforward, whilst the safety factor is higher than conventional rotorcraft.
As a teenager I used to go to a field to watch paragliders fly. I noticed one of the para gliders was slowly being changed every week I went out to watch them fly. One day, the pilot showed up without the airfoil on his paraglider and he installed a rotor. He then spun the blade with his hand and started down the runway. It took off with great ease. When I told him how amazing that was. He said it was always the aim to make a gyroprop. He had been slowly building it the summer I came to watch them fly and test flying it every time he made a change. What an inspirational pilot he was!
Recently I had the honor to fly one of these at the age of 10.
Well done Axel, you looked scared at first and by the end seemed to really enjoy it.
The pity is the German! Nice instructor calm and talking on the correct way💪👍
The rotors seem to be out of balance.
Great approach by both Axel and the instructor, best think is the sense of emotion and thrill from this, makes you feel alive and terrified at the same time. Many thanks for posting!
This has been a dream of mine for years. Now retired, I hope to make it a reality. It would be a great way to see this country,Australia.
Ah Axel, I remember that feeling from when I was first learning to ride a motorbike . . . well done! 😎
You earned your "wings"! Congratulations! I enjoyed this video, thank you for sharing!
Great video. I love your enthusiasm for gyrocopter.its infectious
Axel, you are amazing.
after my firs experience on a gyrocpter... I took the license ;-) it's amazing.
Wow!! Good job! I need to see if they have this in the USA!! Exciting!
GREAT job Axel!! Subscribing to see what else you do!!
Wow I see it complexity this teaches me great challenges of learn to Master it but it is very reward to be a Giro pilot in just 24/hours wow. God blessed you . Thank you