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Mike von S.

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More thread drift but a good reminder.

Either airplane or gyrocopter, it is not the aircraft that is dangerous. It is the untrained pilot.

Some personal history here. As a “new” CFI I obtained gyro training from a “student” whose brother died in the same machine.

I for one would love to fly a FAR 103 machine similar to the one in the video. A good pre- rotator would be really nice.
The circumstances of your gyro training sound auspicious.
If you haven't already, be sure to study SFAR 73, particularly the Low G - Mast Bumping sections. The principals apply to all teeter-totter 2 blade rotor systems, not just Robinsons (including Bell's 200 series of helicopters). With the pusher autogyro, the difference is that instead of a tail rotor that will roll the ship sideways in a low G situation you have an offset-thrust pusher prop that will flip the aircraft nose-forward. Same fatal result.
Here's a good intro: SFAR 73 for R22 & R44 Helicopters Explained - Helicopter Training Videos (HTV)
 
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