Dick DeGraw's Synchrocopter

america4evr Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - not at all, its actually incredibly good for lift jobs and such. Look up the K-max on google, that helicopter has incredible lift, and does alot of logging

SoloPilot6 Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - Would have been nice to see more flying and less run-up.

rickaap Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - i think its the ugly duck among the choppers i bet its a great feat of engeneering but i think its ugly

darkmaster112 Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - xxMake a wishxxCross your fingersxxClose your eyesxxWistle 3 timesxxOpen your eyesxxUncross your fingersxx post this on 6 more videosand wish will come true

Bonkyerdoder Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - wow he lifted like 4 feet in the air,wtf

pf126p Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - Jackson, MI, Airworthy 1986, 2 passenger, 2 engine (Volkswagen conversion)

divingisbest Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - Seems to work well.

BHT195 Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - I didnt see any salad tossing with a helicopter in the video. Im not sure what your talking about.

BHT195 Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - Will do

dorshkov Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - impressive

erokone Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - that thing must have mean ground resonance

mdmf007 Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - So you build a light aircraft and you think hes just going to take off on scenic flights without some testing?Baby steps

sdrfgvrfgvsfravgdsvS Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - very extrange shit

keith19888 Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - Gyroplanes, I love how you mention spaceship one. I saw the documentary on the science channel. What an amazing feat that those guys pulled off, absolutely incredible.

wtfmanicanthaveaname Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - your spelling is a DISASTER

beemafreak Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - what a great video! -almost 1.5 minutes worth of sitting on the ground and then a very short and unimpressive "flight|".

mojopilot Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - looks pretty stable! Makes me wonder why no one is producing any kind of helicopter like this..

Minichopps Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - let's see you make a helicopter by yourself

BigMcRuler Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - Cool, I'm trying to built a RC Synchrocopter nice to see that someone other than K-max can do a full size.

beemafreak Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - I do not currently have the required expertise, and have no interest in developing it. However, if this was all I had to show for my efforts-a very cool looking machine, but with rather average abilities-I wouldn't bother posting a video of it, especially one were 90% of it is of pretty much nothing

Minichopps Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - but you see, he built an entire helicopter, with two rotors all by himself, and someone who has no expertise, and no interest in developing a helicopter has the right to give him non-constructive criticism?

julienalh Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - cost!actually the lucky number for stability is three blades...

beemafreak Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - the criticism is not of his synchrocopter building efforts but of his video posting efforts. Perhaps just uploading the last 10 seconds of this video would have been better than uploading the whole 1:32 min.

Grommo Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - Helicopters of this configuration have the best safety record of any type of helicopter in existence. The world's first production chopper, the WW2 German Flettner Fl 282 was a synchropter.watch?v=6SrUyNG4fYAThe post war kaman Huskie has the best safety record of any military chopper and the kaman k-max uses the same config too.These are less likely to break down than single rotor systems with their weak tail rotors This type also has a greater lifting power for its size.

poodle2426 Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - those blades really have to be timed well, or you will know what happens next