Gyrocopter take off practice - declutter your technique 

Buenos días mi amigo. Por supuesto que estoy bromeando, me refiero a Hola amigo. Como siempre les digo a mis alumnos, ¡es mejor tener suerte que ser bueno!

Hey - I hear you but I'm relaxed tbh after all who (without seeking further clarity via the telephone, email, face to face, a local instructor) really has the expectation that they can follow a 9 min RU-vid film (with all the limitations of the ability to cover all nuanced items and understand the base level of the viewer) and just have a go? I guess those that do likely kill themselves and then it becomes less of a legal matter because who knows what happened? Put simply if you need to be told then what I write here likely makes no difference.

Of course you can but many can't and on the basis a noise is subjective its unlikely to be a well understood metric.

@@gyrocopterflyingclub6148 absolutely!

I think your second sentence partially accounts for the reason they’re not more popular... “I just don’t get it”. Some people just... don’t get it. They think it’s a tiny machine so it’s going to be flimsy, susceptible to winds and turbulence, and inherently unsafe (all untrue, of course). They have had a poor safety record in the past and this is a reputation which has been hard to shake off. They’re not a particularly quick or practical means of transport - most gyros have very little in the way of luggage capacity, so loading up for a weekend away is not their ideal scenario... unless you are adept at travelling light.. VERY light ! Finally, compared to microlights, (other than for hangarage fees), they tend to be quite expensive in terms of running-costs and, depending upon the model, initial outlay. A flying-tablecloth (weight-shift microlight) tends to be a lot cheaper to purchase whereas a decent three-axis microlight such as the Eurostar seems to be comparable. In the UK, the rules which govern our maintenance schedule are very different between a gyro and a microlight and even in situations where we are using exactly the same engines (the 91x series Rotax), we have to replace all of our rubber components every five years whereas a microlight owner does not - he only has to replace such components when their condition necessitates it. I’m sure that there are other reasons but these are a few that I’ve noted since taking up flying a gyro. They are widely misunderstood aircraft, often even amongst those who fly them. They are certainly an oddity in the world of aviation, neither aeroplane nor helicopter and with its own little quirks and capabilities. Even if I could wind back time, I would not change my decision to fly a gyro.

Hi - fundamentally people are generally afraid of them and if you watch the History of the Gyroplane series of films in some cases you find little there to set aside that fear!

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