Chop,
Sorry I missed your post here, I only have limited experience flying a gyro. I took training at Sport Copter in Scappoose, OR from the owner of Sport Copter Jim Vanek. It was not that difficult to transition from being a long time fixed wing pilot, just had to reeducate my butt. After test flying my Vortex for 35 hours, I would say that the gyro is the safest flying machine I have ever flown.
I have written several stories for Powered Sport Flying magazine, the first on my training appeared in the September issue (I think) and the last one appears this month and it details my test flights and dumb mistakes I made. Maybe you can track down those issues in a local book store. I tell it like it is even when it makes me look dumb.
Sorry I missed your post here, I only have limited experience flying a gyro. I took training at Sport Copter in Scappoose, OR from the owner of Sport Copter Jim Vanek. It was not that difficult to transition from being a long time fixed wing pilot, just had to reeducate my butt. After test flying my Vortex for 35 hours, I would say that the gyro is the safest flying machine I have ever flown.
I have written several stories for Powered Sport Flying magazine, the first on my training appeared in the September issue (I think) and the last one appears this month and it details my test flights and dumb mistakes I made. Maybe you can track down those issues in a local book store. I tell it like it is even when it makes me look dumb.