A major safety feature of the gyro is that if the engine fails, the craft can be easily glided to a safe landing. Unlike a helicopter, the gyro's rotor blades are unpowered, necessitating a short roll for take-offunless the craft is fitted with a pre-rotator, which can greatly reduce or even eliminate the need for a runway. Many consider it among the safest aircraft you can fly. (The listings for Bensen materials are at.) The B-8M GyroCopter The B-8M was the latest of the Bensen gyroplanes and it remains among the finest craft of its kind The gyroplane (or 'gyrocopter' or simply 'gyro') is essentially a helicopter-airplane hybrid, offering many of the benefits of both and several of its own. The manuals and prints are only sold to individuals that own one of these aircraft and need these reference materials. Please note: Although Vortech has available reproductions of the manuals and prints for the Bensen Gyros, these materials are not sold for the construction from scratch of one of these aircraft since Bensen Aircraft is no longer in business and the technical support for safe operation is not available. Bensen's revolutionary designs have been copied and modified, but, in the opinion of many, never surpassed. Although the B-7 had no engine and was towed into the air very much like a kite, shortly thereafter the engine-powered B-7M Gyrocopter was introduced and a new age of powered homebuilt aircraft dawned. Igor Bensen, introduced the B-7 Gyroglider (1955), its unprecedented simplicity of design and ease of flight captured the public's imagination. Bensen Gyro-Copters THE ORIGIN OF THE MODERN GYROPLANE: A tribute to the man who started it all In the 1950s Bensen Aircraft Corporation exploded upon the sport aviation scene with their ground-breaking 'Gyrocopters' and 'Gyrogliders.' When the brilliant engineer behind this success, Dr.

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