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the gyro’s worst enemy is itself.
It loves to be thrown around and likes to fly low.
It wants to go into a ‘hover’ and wants to fly slow.
The machine allows a very inexperienced person to do these things.
With the relative low hourly cost of the machine and the very low number of hours you need before you can fly it all on your own, a gyro rating makes for a very attractive entry into flying, or an alternative to flying fixed wing aircraft. The average age of the 60 pilots that had accidents is 46; in fact, only four of the pilots were in their twenties.
Stay away from flying at tree top height, do not do maintenance on your gyro if you are not an approved person, watch the windsock when you takeoff and remember that you have a beach umbrella stuck to your gyro when you land.