Top 10 vertical takeoff Gyrocopter The Past , Present & the Future 

I worked for Groen Brothers Aviation (GBA) from 1994 to 2008. I purchased nearly every component on the Hawk 4 prototypes and witnessed many of the flight tests where the vertical takeoffs and landings were performed. GBA was on the cusp of certifying the aircraft when the attacks on 9/11/2001 occurred. That event kicked the barrel out from under the company. GBA clawed their way back for another 7 years and it looked like they might finally get into production when the recession of 2008 dealt a death blow to the company. It never recovered after that.

Thanks, Arthur, for the insight into current development of vertical take-off Gyros . While the Carter is well known, the larger and newer aircraft are mind blowing! It was nice to watch a selection of different machines in a combined video collage. Very well presented

Awsome short Documentry on The Past, The present and the Furture!

A wonderfully composed and edited presentation depicting the past, present and future innovations of these splendid machines. This certainly helps gyro owners and enthusiasts to keep abreast of future developments. Well done Arthur !!!

What a fantastic educational video most people dont know

Amazing take offs, some very graceful others like insects!

This video has saved me hours of research Thanks for creating & sharing it .

Gyro may use a little more landing area than helicopters but they a lot more stable than a fixed wing aircraft for landing in cross and high wind take offs and especially cross wind landings . In fact in many instances , heading into high winds gives them an advantage since they gain more energy in the rotors why using less horsepower creating many of the extremely short take offs and landings while being faster and cheaper to operate than helicopters .

This is helpful for short trips across big estates for example if you own a mountain, a hill, or vast stretches of land.

excellent comparison of the past present and future vertical take of the gyro copters

If I had the money I would revive the Fairey Rotodyne myself. Such a great concept for short haul passenger travel.

The Fairey and later Avro Rotodynes were only gyroplanes in cruise. Their main rotor was powered in other flight modes.

Interesting clips totally ruined by the dubbed music... :(

lovely montages of Gyros. never knew they were so advanced! wow

Future is looking really bright and exciting... very well researched

Excellent compilation of past, present and future

Very promising the future of aviation.

Another great compilation! So many cool and diverse machines, fascinating to see how each one handles differently! Awesome!

These are such beautiful and under rated machines. I heard they would have replaced cars if it wasn't for a crash. Can you imagine flying these instead of driving?

What an interesting video, I had no idea a vertical take off like that was possible

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excellent video. man, i had no idea those things could fly like that. excellent!

Rotadyne and the last plane have a good useable for short distance passanger flights. 200-600 km.

the air and space 18A was an american jump take off gyro company owned by don farrington

When I was a boy scout I draw a that first one. Boy men years ago now. I am 66 now and it's nice to see it again and the new ideas.

Design comes a full circle (no pun intended :) ) back to a pure jet powered Rotodyne configuration.

Incredible video , very informative and a great future to look forward to. Well done !

I happen to love the cheesy music background!

Very interesting Arthur. First time seeing this type of technology. It's amazing what innovation happens out there.

Do these slow rotor autos ,like Arrowhawk, suffer in wind? The high speed rotors on autos supposedly provide stability against winds?

always loved the auto gyros

Why don't we see these VTOL capable gyros in production today for personal use? They would be at the top of my list for an aircraft purchase.

So help me understand this… Without a tail rotor, there is no way it can hover for a long time. The only way I believe they accomplished this is by doing this… Pre rotate the rotor to a much higher rpm than a normal gyro can do. Use a rotor with adjustable pitch Once rotor is up to speed, launch it up and gain altitude Pitch up and use the motor at the back to gain speed and autorotate the main blades back to normal operating speeds Fly it like a normal gyrocopter. This is an interesting concept which I never thought of before. If I got the process wrong, someone please correct me. I bought an MTO sport recently and don’t know too much about autogyros.

Gyrocopters have been advertised as a cheap alternative to the helicopter since the 1960's but never manage to make any significant inroads into the commercial market. It's been 80 years now, maybe time to call it a day.

very interesting timeline, thank you

groen also converted a cessna pusher puller airframe into a tractor [ puller ] configuration.. many think the original puller / tractor style is safer ..less chance of tumbling forward under certain flight conditions the original cierva ; kay ; kayaba ; kellet ; pitcairn etc autogyros were all tractor variants of conventional airplanes

Обалдеть! Я и не знал , что автожиры на это способны.

Looking forward to the future!

i like them buy 1000 of them, give to folks on the sealed inditement lists!

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fantastic video clips

Se les pasó por alto un pequeño detalle......El origen del autogiro se remonta al año 1923, fecha de su primer vuelo en España y pilotado por su creador e inventor Juan de la Cierva, ingeniero español. Este año es su 100 aniversario. En la actualidad, el fabricante español ELA, siguen en el presente y a la vanguardia hacia el futuro. Buenos vuelos....

Great video thanks for sharing!!

If you had 180° pitch, you could lock the rotors creating fixed wings for high speed flight

After WWI the mail delivery was deciding to go with Gyros or bi-planes, I think the only reason the planes won it is because there were several pilots ready to go as well as planes. The auto gyro would have had many benefits over the plane. There was an old video I saw where the gyro was lust lowering a mail bag on a rope while they man on the ground ran beside it and unhooked the bag. The auto gyro would have meant more reliable delivery though with weather.

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Why not add some electric "drone" propellers to make the vertical lift and then to go smoothly on with normal way?

fairly appealing!

These are beautiful....do the gyros in the beginning of the video have powered rotors or are they true Gyros? The take offs are amazing...thanks for sharing

It is very good but the thrust motor can be replaced by a turbine and the rotating blades remain in neutral when turning. They can also be folded back because you cannot fly at a speed below 600km.h

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Hawk 4 is the best design

I'm still convinced these things fly on pixie dust.

Nice

music reminds me of the opening credits for Monty Python's Holy Grail

with no visible means of vertical take off , i suspect the carter was heading into a 15 mph wind ..i hovered an RAF 2000 over a field in long island not far from brookhaven and gabreski airports..there was a 12 to 15 mph breeze ..it was a simple matter of lifting the nose and holding the throttle steady ...jim logan was the instructor....world class ..i was the student...

These are beautiful modern aircraft's. I see, and understand the rotor technology, but those rotors look like they are driven by the engine, via, a clutch setup to spin the rotor rpms (315-450) to take off vertically. I understand the stored energy in the rotor rpms, but it would have to be under relative sustained power to hover.

the future that never occured

intresting what gyrocopter can do in the future

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The music track makes it hard to follow the narration.

An Icon A5 with blades instead of wings would be cool.

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Cool

Man now i want one of those :'(

Thanks for sharing How much does the gyrocopter I want to contact them based

I want to know how it counters the main rotor torque during the vertical take-off and landing.

I learned something new. I always thought the gyro didn't have a power rotor. I thought it used a push engine to go forward motion to create lift on rotor. Wouldn't this be closer to push engine helicopter?

How does a rotor with no direct engine power main totation for hovering to landing or for vertical takeoff?

Arthur Gemperle: You left out a lot of interesting information. Other than that. A good overview of VTO Gyrocopters.

The Carter with the full wings would surely have been the best one with a bit more power and a transition to fixed wing by fully braking the rotor to a stop with fitting control surfaces 8n the wings and having the best of both worlds fixed wing and rotor with a rear pusher plus vertical lift and a reasonable price How could it not have been a success if the quality was as good as possible

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An autogyro/gyrocopter has an unpowered rotor. These appear to be hybrids.

Where is the 18A????

Electric generator/motors will revolutionise gyrocopters.

I thought gyrocopters needed a small runway to take off. most of them do right? I am very surprised to see this video of gyrocopters taking off vertically.

Gyrocopters are a combination of helicopters and autogyros.

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No Air and Space 18?

@5:30 Cruise at 480 MPH with an auto gyro???

Yes, this video would be vastly improved by getting rid of the ghastly music. ..! 🙄

0:55 , Where can I buy this kind of plane ?

I don’t see an area for a very sizable fuel tank, thus limiting range

I thought the entire point of a gyrocopter or autogyro was that the rotors weren't powered, thus, VTOL shouldn't be possible. With powered rotors, most of these are helicopters by definition.

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Gyrocopters cant take off vertically.. WHY? the rotor is free wheeling... the motor in the back pushs the vehicle forwards and the rotor blades are on a backward angle to the force.. hence the spin when its moving forward. yes the can land and take off in a short distance, but not straight up.

Shame about the Rotodyne . What a waste ! Wales UK

0:54 Looks like 30 Kn Headwind, :-))

Amazing how outdate all this stuff is quadracopter UAVs have already took almost all jobs from this aircraft

where's the tail rotor? thanks

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What 's the winds for?

Some of these Vertical Takeoff-planes/"copters" can only lift for some meters and cannot land vertical, so have no real copter-function.

Any gyrocopter can take off and land vertically if the wind is blowing hard enough, lol.

Can do without the music.

If the rotor is powered, it’s not a gyrocoptor by definition.

Its so typical of the British, who had created the worlds first working VTOL passenger aircraft in the Fairy Rotodyne in the early 1960's and wasted the opportunity to lead the world in this technology. Why was it killed off, because in the UK, the government has no imagination of what could have been, if only they had just developed and perfected further. If the Rotodyne had been adopted by the military, and then by the civilian markets, by 2024, the craft would have evolved and most likely , by now would have been a different animal, quieter, larger and more profitable, but the UK killed due to lack of funds! So sad, but so typical, and such a waste of an opportunity!

I think some people need to learn what a real gyrocopter is, as for starters, the main sail is unpowered. Each of the examples shown had a powered main sail, while a real autogyro main sail only spins & provides lift with forward motion, duh😑