Nisus Shows Its New High Performance Gyrocopter

Gyrocopters are huge in Europe; a lot less so in the U.S. A Slovakian company is trying to make a footprint here with its new Nisus gyrocopter. The aircraft made its debut at Sun 'n Fun 2023 and AVweb took a look in this short show video.

[@brent1041]

Would have been nice to here performance numbers. Useful load, max speed at sea level, cruise speed at sea level, fuel burn for those speeds, etc

[@hogey74]

Can't say specifically but with gyros I presume Cub speeds on higher fuel burns but with great climb rates and low speed handling.

[@electricalmayhem]

@@hogey74 You are probably right, the website says max speed 105 Kt, but I'm assuming that's VNE. Video snippets I found were all 93-97 km/h so about 50 kt.

[@hogey74]

@@electricalmayhem yeah right. They're a big step up from those flying lawn chairs on a stick but there seems to be a practical limit to economical speed...

[@WRA838]

Will be similar to magni 24 or cavalon..with 915is about 70 to 80 knots

[@JohnEBurns]

I flew in a Gyro that did way better than that. Top speed was 150mph. Sustained. Woukd not go faster cause of being Governered for F AA rules of Classification. But at 75%-80% throttle, it flew at 115kts. at 4gal. an hour fuel rate burn with up to 600 mi. Dist. On one tank. So you tell me? I still want to by that Rigg and be Flyin' all over the Place at a Cost of $12-$15 bucks an Hour. So it Can fly affordable too.

[@kingfish4575]

Loved gyros ever since I saw you only live twice as a kid.

[@ZeeCaptainRon]

Did he say reasonable price and 140k in the same breath? for a gyro???

[@saml7610]

Yeah my buddy built his for $14k not including labor costs. This isn't a kit, so somewhere around $60-70k is reasonable. $160k is just absurd.

[@n206ja]

Saw this at Sun 'n Fun - the engineering and fit and finish are exceptional! One thing I wonder about, though - looks like those long sharp angles in the canopy would cause a lot of optical distortion vs a smoothly curved canopy like most copters and planes have.

[@excellenceinanimation960]

I really like gyroplanes. I want one lol

[@CCitis]

Those sliders for the canopy look like Ikea drawer hardware LOL

[@peredavi]

Pffffttt.

[@currentfaves65]

Those sliders on the canopy look like a jam waiting to happen.

[@zapfanzapfan]

The ballast was a cool feature.

[@Stubby0266]

Cabinet rollers for the canopy slides. LOL.

[@zorbakaput8537]

My tool cabinet slides are rated for 500Kg each, how much are your rated at? Given the Nisus cockpit slides only operate when parked on the ground you can sleep safely LOL.

[@CCitis]

100 percent! looks like ikea

[@dh-flies]

That's pretty slick... Would love to have heard how fast it is and how it handles turbulence and convection.

[@hobanagerik]

If I didn't know better I'd say they were using server rails for the canopy.

[@jesael.duarte]

I'm not sure about the rails, but it's a nice design.

[@groberjager4746]

like to hear about its performance, range, speed, and cruise

[@appomattoxross6751]

Almost makes me want to fly again.

[@samuledarconi2927]

Dunno if I like those drawer slides for pivots on the canopy....

[@ramjet4025]

Take a look at the Rotor Tip,

[@DinoPimp]

Can you drop snakes from it?

[@excellenceinanimation960]

Was wondering the same thing!

[@richardtinkey2300]

Can you do flight demo in the nisus

[@confussious3240]

I UNDERSTAND IF ENGINE FAILS,DO TO ITS AUTO ROTATION CAPABILITIES, IS SAFE TO LAND.
DOES IT HAVE THE CAPABILITY, TO GLIDE LIKE A MOTO GLIDER OR IS THERE A COMBO GYRO/GLIDER

[@hogey74]

These things have grown on me since Europeans with a clear fondness for staying alive have taken them beyond the contraption stage. As with the rest of GA I do think they're crying out for a true, full envelope recovery system however.

[@ayokay123]

Does this run on expelled gas?

[@matthawaii]

Nisus

[@rollingthunder277]

But how does it fly...before it breaks?

[@sigbauer9782]

Can it play Crysis?

[@DrMerle-gw4wj]

Oh to be obscenely stinking rich to be able to afford something like this.

[@donaldbishop923]

Just try getting out of it after a roll over. Better have a way to break the "glass."

[@dougtaylor7724]

Euro gyros look like a Porsche.
This looks like a Delorian.

[@googleyoutubechannel8554]

Nisuses, Nisusis, Nisusi?

[@JeremyBechtold]

The 916 is just a 915 with a retuned ECM..shouldn't be much of a big deal.

[@johnashton4776]

Canopy is way too big nice design around the rear, like the squarish shapes very nice.

[@morthomer5804]

Did not show the cockpit

[@TheSilversurfmonkey]

Good lord, someone stuck a rotor on a Sinclair C5

[@TheTransporter007]

$140k LOL. Gyros are supposed to be inexpensive.

[@Hedgeflexlfz]

lol

[@electricalmayhem]

Typo in your Title, one too many s

[@andrewahern3730]

Didn’t you tell us in a previous video they’re called “gyroplanes” not “gyrocopters” (even though they’re rotary wing and legally more of a copter than a plane)?

[@ImpendingJoker]

There are interchangeable. I am a former US Army helicopter mechanic and former Part 147 instructor that worked on civilian helicopters as well. We used to say helicopter or airplane all the time to refer to the aircraft. It's the same reason why some people call asphalt "Tarmac" because that was the original brand name for the material. Like calling another citrus based powered drink, "Tang" even if it's not real Tang.

[@JeremyBechtold]

Gyrocopter is a trademarked term, so many refer to them as gyroplanes.

[@justincase5272]

"VERY competitively priced... $140 thousand..."
OUT

[@douglasgreen437]

😂😅😂😢

[@battshytkrazy156]

They're. S L 0 W 🎉... ALWAEZ 😮

[@briangray5921]

nope

[@glennr9913]

All rotorcraft are inherently slow. High speed doesn't exist.