Dave,
you are comparing apples with oranges. Witch gyro could you compare to a CH701?
I flew the CH701 for a try, it has good low speed capabilities, but, while a gyro stills manoeuvrable at min speed, every FW is dangerous (try a 180 at low speed or try to tickle the rudders a little much).
each aircraft as its boundaries and limitations.
The gyros has no been designed for high forward speeds, the FW keeping an adantage but not that much if you compare them to the most of UL.
Building a CH701 kit is not the same as building a gyro kit (faster, easier).
The main advantage of UL FW is their range and efficiency not really much.
I am more and more convinced that one of the major disadvantages of a gyro is, actually, it's reputation and a favorable factor you underestimate is : passion... or how could you explain the private r22 fleet ? utility ? no.
to compare the 3 types of aircraft, maybe we should compare them on various missions and uses:
recreationnal, cross country etc etc etc
Thanks