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(NGC) Anyone been around any of the current crop of gyroplanes?

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Gliderjohn:
This month's issue of Plane & Pilot has an article on the some of the current gyroplanes. Looks interesting and much more affordable than most planes and quite safe too. If one could go in with two or three partners it would be real affordable. Anyone here familiar with the newer stuff? Here is one company's site:
http://www.aerotrek.aero/
GliderJohn

AMGeneral:
There are or were a couple of the towed gyroplanes in the Air museum near Spirit in Wichita.. Talk about out in the open. No body work, a seat, a control stick, and not much else.

wrbix:
I have no direct experience, but have on and off over the last year or so been investigating from afar.

My mission is inexpensive STOL "local" transportation, esp to airport where I hangar the Grumman.
The SportCopter M219 looks very interesting to me - bigger wheels/tires and actual damped suspension for rough (that is of course relative - like a relatively smooth pasture) terrain.
Looks to me like they're all essentially homebuilts.  Trainers seem a bit few and far between. If SportCopter were closer I might do the assisted build thing and train there.
Interested to hear where you're headed with this, re your mission, etc.

wrbix:
........planning my Glider training/rating this Spring (Bermuda High school is an hour drive away), BTW.

dilligaf:
My wife's nephew teaches aircraft mechanics.  As a school project he purchased a helicopter kit and his students put it together.  I expected a couple of pipes with some seats and an engine attached.  I did not expect something like this.  He keep it in his garage at home.
  www.rotorway.com
 :BEER:

Matt

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