World Record Attempt

[hermand]

Morning,

Please support Theuns!!

Good morning to you All

Saturday 04/05/2013 morning at 07:00, if weather permits, I will take off from Morningstar airfield in Cape Town for a NON-STOP flight to Kitty Hawk airfield Pretoria.
Distance some 1290 km in a Calidus, call sign ZU-RJY.
This will be a unofficial attempt to break the current World Record for the longest flight in a gyro without stopping, currently hold by Willy Ewig from Australia.
Current record distance 1268km in a Auto Gyro MT-03.

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Regards

Theuns Eloff

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[Dobbs]

Hi Theuns, all the best with your attempt - above all else - fly safe

[Dobbs]

Speed dropped to zero at 11:20 ?

[Dobbs]

Moving again

[Sukkelaar]

Reached destination

Regards

[FO Gyro]

Amazing flight. Could we get the exact stats? Flight time, fuel used, average speed? Must have had a numb backside after that!

[hermand]

Distance traveled by ZU RJY: From 07:15:38 to 15:52:23 was 1314.576 km

The direct “Great Circle” distance between takeoff and landing is 1295.6962543km

ZU RJY traveled 18.880 Km further than the most direct possible route! This includes one circuit at Kitty Hawk and the “slime dam” divert!

Total time traveled: From07:15:38 to 15:52:23 was 08 Hours 36 Minutes and 45 seconds (08h36m45s)

Start Engine 05 - 04 - 2013 07:06:05
Takeoff at Morning Star 07:15:38

Landed Kitty Hawk 05 - 04 - 2013 15:52:23
Engine off At Kitty Hawk 15:54:28

“Flight Follower” Monitoring device: Kilo Long Life. http://www.kilometers.co.za
GPS monitored every second for exceptions.
Dot on map:
1. Every 2000 meters or,
2. 40’ Deviation from track or,
3. 0 Km / Hr speed.
GPS – Leadtek LR 9101 embedded with Sirf Star 111 software
GSM Modem – Telit GE 864 Quad Band embedded.
Network – Vodacom Pre – Paid card
Update frequency – 30 seconds to maximum 5 minutes between updates from “Real Time”
An Android application with the exact specifications as above is available for ALL Android phones.
More information on fuel consumption and general flight details will follow.

Well Done Theuns!!!

[Low Level]

Fantasties.

Ek like gyro vlieg kwaai, maar 8.5 ure in daai seat. Eeeeish, dit moet gedoen word.

Well done to Theuns.

[nicow]

[Loco]

Amazing feat congrats to all involved!

Can't wait to see the numbers

[Turbo]

Well done Theuns!!

How much fuel was used, and what size tanks did you have on board??

[Gyronaut]

Dit wil gedoen wees jou Yster!

South Africa is already a world leader in Gyroplanes and this proves it!
We're logical people and Gyro's make logical sense.

Viva Gyro's and Viva Theuns & Ninie! You guys rock as a team.
Morningstar is proud to be associated with this great event.
PS: All gyro's are always welcome at Morningstar! Hangarage, fuel and enthusiastic gyro company are readily available.

Rgds

Len

[Steve_SP]

Congrats Theuns on a fantastic long flight, well planned and well flown.


I do have a query - on the Magni gyro website they have a news story from 2012 for an even longer non stop flight - I've no idea if it has been officially validated etc

They say,

""M16 TANDEM TRAINER “WORLD NO STOP FLYING RECORD” by MR. CLAUDIO ITALIANO
in 13 hours at 120 Km/h covering a distance of 1550 km in straight line.
Take off from Carona (Sicily) – Landing in Varallo (Piedmont).""

Longer distance and a much longer endurance.


More info and photos in their October 2012 newsletter, see

http://www.magnigyro.it/inglese/news.htm


Regards



Steve

[t-bird]

Nice flight

ELA flew from Spain to the Canary Island on the 22 June 2009 a distance of 1307 km.

viewtopic.php?f=20&t=11189

[Low Level]

I see Tom van der Meulen - from gyros for rhinos fame - set a new record yesterday, flying non stop from Hoedspruit to Donkerhoek in the Cape with his Autogyro MT-OS.

1619.9 km in 11 hrs 2 minutes.

Quite an achievement.