After that it trails off more quickly as Steve’s chart shows. The German builder is trailed by Magni in the #2 slot at 18% with 56 registrations.Ī new American manufacturer, SilverLight Aviation, has quickly tied Spanish producer ELA for third at 8% with 26 aircraft registered for each. He used his special set of skills to download FAA’s aircraft registration database to compile statistics on gyroplane registrations, focused on the new European-style gyroplanes.Īs you can see, AutoGyro is the clear market leader at 52% with 163 aircraft of 312 gyroplanes registered with FAA. “I’m a retired computer guy and trike pilot who loves databases,” Steve told me. ![]() ![]() The large tail that Magni invented – as is used on all modern gyros – has fixed that.” Welcoming Steve Beste The pilot would chase the oscillations, only making them worse until the gyro did a fatal bunt over. ![]() Some machines were prone to PIO, pilot-induced oscillations in pitch. ![]() In his article, he wrote, “ the other change since those days is the large horizontal stabilizer, mounted well aft. Our new associate, Steve Beste, wrote an excellent article for his club newsletter and I will summarize that piece in another post.
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