Gyros
By all means buy a gyro and have fun.
But please, not a standard RAF.
Standard Raf = 18 dead.
Raf with stabiliser = 1 dead. (and we're not sure how he managed
to do it)
Prime funeral candidates are high-time fixed-wing pilots with
low gyro-time.
As in Pee-Wee Judge et al, including the previously referred
accident to Gerry French's machine, the PIC was a high-time
ATPL with low gyro-time, not a gyro instructor.
You cannot install a stabiliser in the UK, courtesy of Section T
structural requirements.
Please go for a Magni, or an ELA (when it gets past Section T).
Or anything else that is legal in the U.K.
Chuck knows what he's talking about.
R22 pilots will understand the problems associated with
low/zero-G.
High-thrustline gyros are worse than that.
Properly configured/stabilised gyros are bloody marvellous.!!
Cheers.
P.S.
All gyros come with a roll cage for crash protection.
It\'s just not that obvious.
Cartwheel accidents like Ken Wallis\'s at Newtownards look
really spectacular, but pilots usually come out uninjured or
minor injury.
PIO/Power pushovers are not recoverable or survivable.