Zeke,
But how do these ultralight gyrocopters compare on weight to that of a paramotor? It seems like the paramotor is the most lightweight, cost-effective, and convenient way to achieve flight. But even a paramotor with a small wing still has much lower wing-loading than a rotary-wing craft. Therefore the stability of a paraglider will be much inferior to a rotary-wing craft. Paramotor fliers always talk about thermals and mountain rotors, which you never hear other small aircraft fliers talk about so much, since they don’t have to worry about it as much, because they’re not as vulnerable to that.
For me, the ideal flying experience would be to fly as light and conveniently as a paramotor, while not worrying about wing collapse, or the effects of turbulence and thermals that occur with the lower wing-loading, which is where a gyroplane excels.
I then wonder why the most lightweight gyroplanes (eg. Gyrobee, KB-2, etc) don’t look anywhere near as lightweight as a paramotor+trike ?
