Association guides
Straight answers about an aircraft most people have never seen
Reference material for anyone working out what a gyroplane is, whether it suits them, and what owning one actually involves. Free to read, no account needed, and paid for by the membership.
Where a rule is quoted, the FAA document it comes from is named in the text so you can check it yourself. Regulations change, so treat anything here as a starting point and confirm the current document before you rely on it.
Start here
What a gyroplane actually is, and why the rotor is not powered
The one mechanical idea that separates a gyroplane from every other rotorcraft, and what it means for how the aircraft behaves.
Comparison
Gyroplane against helicopter: what each one buys you
Both have a rotor overhead and almost nothing else in common. A direct comparison of hover, autorotation, cost and what each aircraft is actually for.
Training
How you get rated to fly a gyroplane in the United States
The certificate paths, who can teach you, what the checkride involves, and the practical order to do things in.
Technical
Rotor systems, prerotators and the parts that decide how one flies
Teetering heads, blade construction, prerotator types and centre of thrust. The mechanical choices that separate two aircraft that look alike.
Buying
Buying a used gyroplane without inheriting a hidden problem
What to read in the logbooks, what to look at on the airframe, and the questions that separate a maintained aircraft from a tidy one.
Ownership
Who is allowed to work on a gyroplane, and who actually can
Certificated, experimental and light-sport aircraft are maintained under different rules. What that means for finding somebody competent.
These stay free because members pay for them
The guides, the directories and the ground school cost nothing to read and never will. Membership is what funds them.