I was into trikes, owned a trike then switched to gyros. Best decision of my life. Will never go back. This is soley my opinion and dont mean to offend any trike pilot. For a bystander looking at a gyro vrs a trike, they kinda feel the trike is more like a poor mans airplane with fabric wings and sorta like a toy. Everyone feels the gyro is some kinda helicopter, with a higher level of sophistication.They think you are a chopper pilot not an ultralight pilot with a death wish.They unanimously are amazed and puzzled at how gyros can fly. I fly anytime, all day without worries unlike most trikes where by midday, most trikes are parked. Love the high wing loading of gyros. I cannot stall, i can hover for sometime depending on conditions and if not, i slowly spiral down without issues, and eventually flop down for a landing, kinda like a helicopter. Pretty cool. In my opinion flying a trike is boring compared to gyros. Simply love the takeoff procedure of gyros and love the ability to land in minimal space. I tell everyone this, my gyro on floats is probably one of the safest aircraft bcos if my engine quits, i can land anywhere in a dime. On water or on land. With my wheels up or down. I can even land on water with my wheels deployed and its a non-event bcos of the beauty of the design. GYROS ROCK AND ROLL AND RULE and to me, the choice is a no brainer.
