Best of luck!!!
Best of luck!!!
Nico,
There are many people on the forum who don't think highly of the RAFs. Over the years it has created many a rif between members of our sport so you are getting some smart elecky answers.
The truth is I don't know how an RAF would fly without the cabin. I suspect it would decrease the nose down pressure on the gyroplane at higher air speeds. (which is a good thing) It would also probably make significant changes to the center of gravity on the machine and may require different cheek plates to adjust the hang angle. I suspect it would decrease the high thrust line somewhat (also a good thing). It may also affect many other things that I am not thinking about. So I am not aware of any terrible consequences of what you propose. However you need to understand whenever you make significant changes to the design of a machine like you are proposing, the changes have the potential to make it a significantly different machine. Having an experienced builder or even better designer oversee your changes and having a qualified test pilot slowly test your machine for stability issues would be a wise thing to do.
Best of luck!