Well, I certainly screwed up that interpretation.
I generally avoid ad hominem arguments, but your postings are, in my opinion, egregious.
Normally I read foolish drivel and move on. But in this thread a newbie asks for info and dangerous nonsense is the response. Jon and Jean Claude begin a cogent explanation. Then you interject foolish, dangerous drivel into the discussion. When you figure out you were in over your head you write
“Well, I certainly screwed up that interpretation."
It's much worse than a misinterpretation John.
As I age, I have developed an extremely low tolerance, actually an aversion, for poseurs. I can't abide wanna be, could have been, should have been, would have been, has been people that want to play “dress up” and run with the people that actually “walk the walk”.
Do you think about the stuff you type?
"The fatigue of the blade root due to the alternate drag under g= 1 is much more constraining" means:
Gyroplanes are constrained to flying at "least one G" if you do not want to risk your rotor RPM decaying because of the blade root failing to produce the same lift.”
What does that even mean? Jean Claude is describing a structural consequence and you're describing; what?
or.
“We are taught that if you find yourself in weather or pilot created negative G condition to enter a vertical descent to speed the blades back up and then slightly lower the nose and gently add power back in to straight and level.”
What are you talking about John? Taught by who?
Then you pontificate to a respected forum member:
“get a G meter and fly a little less than 1 G. What do you feel?“
This member has 10 times the gyro experience you have and has demonstrated an enviable knowledge of aviation related subjects, and a grasp of physics, in multiple posts.
Then you describe your “favorite” fixed wing maneuvers. Problem is, you never did either one as you describe them.
“Bob Hover taught me how to hold one G in a loop keeping a glass of water on the dash the entire time. “(I'm assuming you meant Bob Hoover)
Please walk us through a 1G loop John? I assure you; Bob Hoover never did one
“The other is to ask a newbie passenger to hold a pen in their open hand at chest level.
Then reduce below 1 G exactly enough to keep the pen floating right in front of their nose.
Holding the pen exactly at nose level until I hit the red line (VNE) or 500 feet AGL and pull up.”
Uh-huh! Sure you did! Golly! Yeah.
You post nonsensical stuff John. You pretend you know things you don't know. You tell fantastic, impossible, flying stories filled with adventure and danger. You describe stuff that just couldn't happen. You interject yourself into serious discussions when it is clear you don't have the foggiest idea what you are talking about. When you get caught, you contrive fantastic excuses for your antics, try to deflect the question or slink away and don't post for a while.
John, when I read the writings of Vance Breese, Tyler Hathaway, Jon Stark, Abid Farooqui, Ron Awad, Ben Suissa, Jean Claude Debreyer, Greg Vos, Leigh Allison, Jamie Wolfe, Stan Foster, Brian Rodgers, Chuck Roberg, Doug Riley, Chris Burgess, Rod Stringer, and dozens of others, I receive valuable information; usually written entertainingly. Their writings make me grateful that they share their thoughts. These folks walk the walk.
When I read your posts, I read random, disjointed, inaccurate, untrue, Walter Mitty stuff that is literally painful to read and dangerous to those that might believe your prevarications. In essence, prattle.
Rather than pretend you have something to contribute, you should read, study, and ask questions of those who really do have the knowledge you crave.