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Yellow enclosed-cabin gyroplane in flight against a clear blue sky

Glossary

What is the cyclic control stick on a gyroplane?

The stick connected by control rods to the rotor head, tilting the rotor disc to control pitch and roll. It is the gyroplane's equivalent of a fixed-wing control stick or a helicopter's cyclic, and on most designs it is the same stick used for both axes at once.

Also called Cyclic, joystick

That is the whole entry for now. The longer version, with the mechanics and worked examples, is still to be written. See autorotation for how those read once they exist.

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