Awesome job Gray .. for those unfamiliar with this project, Gray designed this helicopter himself and built every part of it, The dual engines , the drive system, the rotor blades , all the controls. He made them all himself, This is truly a remarkable aircraft. As far as i know , this is the only twin engine, two cycle, two passenger helicopter ever conceived, much less built and flown. Just think of the safety factor of having twin engines on a personal helicopter. And the fact Gray is teaching himself to fly it ? He is clearly a genius level engineer. Please be careful and practice hover for a while. You are doing great !!!
Fantastic job, it's hovering really nicely. Your engineering skills are first class. 👍👍 One thing I have noticed though is there is a lot of cyclic stick movement to maintain a steady hover, not sure if you planned this to help with learning but it could be making it harder to control. As i'm sure you know you will barely see the cyclic moving on an R22 to maintain a hover. Other than that it looks faultless, very well done.
Thank you. Yes I noticed that I used a large amount of movement for this test. I haven't fully mastered the technique of hovering yet. Also the joystick does have a big lever. Currently I practice for less than an hour.
If you have only had one hour of teaching yourself to hover then this is absolutely outstanding. I expect you will want to change the cyclic pitch ratios for the stick over time. It could be helping you as a beginner reducing over controlling with the ratios as they are. No need to change anything unless you think it's necessary, I wouldn't question you as others have said you are a genius. Keep flying your machine and posting videos! 👍👌
