A Laguna Beach man who flew a drone too close to a gyrocopter, a blimp advertising “Shark Week,” and a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter received one year of probation in federal court in Santa Ana on ...
Gyrocopters have a rear-facing, engine-powered propeller behind the cockpit to provide thrust, with an overhead rotary blade that relies on the passing air to spin it. Early models needed to have the ...