Has anyone seen this footage, popped up on a FB reel.
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That cyclic is all over the place! Does he have a hydraulic rotor head that needs pumped up to operate? 
samouced
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Boots
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That’s messed up 
That’s either a poorly built machine
Or an unskilled / non trained person trying to fly it.
Possibly both
Hope he is ok and try’s another hobby!
That’s either a poorly built machine
Or an unskilled / non trained person trying to fly it.
Possibly both
Hope he is ok and try’s another hobby!
Brent Drake
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The machine is flying him. He's not flying the machine. It appears he is a fixed-wing pilot flying a gyro for the first time. Way too much stick movement.
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Based on the soundtrack, either (1) the engine quit or (2) the pilot throttled all the way back or (3) the pilot hit the kill switch).
Others have already commented on the obvious over-control. The stick hand of a competent gyro pilot barely moves. In an old-style Bensen, this pilot would have porpoised and crashed long before he/she tried to land.
In any event, the landing was too hot, with no obvious flare.
Why the pilot started rolling side to side and capsized on touchdown is a mystery. There may have been a crosswind drift that started the rollover sequence.
The pre-rollover flailing looked a bit like a Dominator "duckwalk," too. Again, this can be a caused by landing too hot and hard.
Others have already commented on the obvious over-control. The stick hand of a competent gyro pilot barely moves. In an old-style Bensen, this pilot would have porpoised and crashed long before he/she tried to land.
In any event, the landing was too hot, with no obvious flare.
Why the pilot started rolling side to side and capsized on touchdown is a mystery. There may have been a crosswind drift that started the rollover sequence.
The pre-rollover flailing looked a bit like a Dominator "duckwalk," too. Again, this can be a caused by landing too hot and hard.
Brian P
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His airspeed drops yet he's coming in fairly quick. Maybe downwind.
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It sounds like an engine out or idle power approach, but seems too flat and fast for that configuration.
I'm just Wednesday morning quarterbacking. I have no real data
Jim
I'm just Wednesday morning quarterbacking. I have no real data
Jim
okikuma
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Thinking outside the box. What if the wild cyclic movements were a result of a control rod end that came loose or was slowly becoming loose? Not a nice situation for any gyro pilot to experience.
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That would be huge on the suck scale and a huge "nice piloting" to the pilot.
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Was it in Brazil ? Could be one of these (non-fatal, I presume). Or perhaps unreported.
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