www.PSFmagazine.com | February 2019 | 29 28 | February 2019 | Powered Sport Flying by Toni Ganzmann For this test, I traveled to the airfield outside Rothenburg ob der Tauber (Rothenburg by the Tauber River) in southern Germany. The well-known flight school ‘Die Aeronauten’ (The Aeronauts) provided me with their brand new “Special Edition” M16 for my test flights. The two flight instructors, Sandra and Stefan Hirsch, are official Magni representatives and operate a certified maintenance company. They are proud to be the first to introduce this model. From a distance, the M16’s open tandem cockpit with its high windshield and unshrouded engine is hardly different from several Magni competitors. On closer inspection, the straight longitudinal square tubing tail boom is striking, and is finished at the back with a small tailwheel which prevents over-rotation on takeoff and prevents damaging the tail boom with ground contact on hard landings. The tail boom itself, and in fact the entire integral welded airframe, is aviation grade (4130 chromoly) steel. Magni airframes are then internally treated with a corrosion inhibitor. Electric Trim On the rotor mast, the flexible prerotator shaft is prominent, connected to the engine via two tension belts. The electric trim linear servo is located low on the mast forward of the engine and provides pitch trim via a cable and spring. The trim spring is offset laterally at the rotor head to compensate propeller “P” factor around the roll axis. Harder to see, the rotor drum brake is located internally in the rotor In the gyro world, Vittorio Magni from northern Italy is known as one of the founding fathers of light gyroplanes. The M16 Tandem Trainer is his masterpiece that has set the standard since the early 90’s. On the occasion of his 80th birthday, the Magni factory built a “Special Edition” ship that contributor Toni Ganzmann was able to test extensively. Gyroplane Review Flying the M16 “Special Edition” Gyroplane
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