A properly designed gyroplane is arguably one of the most safe of all powered flying machines.
They do however have some restricitons such as range and speed.
The RAF 2000 is one of the most poorly designed and unstable of any gyroplanes availible. It has a very signifigant high vertical thrust offset. This high thrustline offset will produce a power pushover should the rotor become unloaded. The resulting bunt over is very fast and unstoppable once started. A power push over, bunt is is also unsurvivable. There have been a signifigant number of RAF losses and fatalaties that fit the power pushover, bunt senario.
The RAF 2000 does not have a horizontal stabalizer, thus making the machine unstable in pitch diversions, also without a H.S. there is no aerodynamic force to compensate for the high thrust line.
The Magni on the other hand is very stable in all axisis.
Of all the different types of flying machines I would vote the gyro the most fun and manourevable to fly. And once more it must be properly designed, which the RAF 2000 is not.
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