Rotary-wing hang glider

When a helicopter or gyrocopter is in engine-off deliberately or inadvertently, then a sector of flight occurs that is autorotation hang gliding. When human-powered helicopter flights experience the pilot in rest mode, then a hang gliding flight in autorotation could result. When a kited rotary wing aircraft is let go into free-flight, then a hang gliding flight begins; this manner of gliding after kiting became common with the Bensen 1953 [http://www.kate.aviators.net/gyro12.htm gyroglider] . An attempt at foot-launching a rotary-wing hang glider [http://www.jumpnfly.privat.t-online.de/ni.htm autogiro] has been made and is the target of study. Slope soaring and cross-country soaring in a rotary-wing hang glider (RHG or RWHG) has not been achieved yet. However, as other types of hang gliders are using towed launch, the Bensen gyrocopters in engine-off or in no-engine towed kiting at release from tow are hung-pilot hang gliders, but not under some persons definitions when they require foot-launching in nil wind, which is not a universal definition.

Challenges

The challenges are several:
*FLRHG Foot-launched Rotary Hang Glider
*Flatland Kited RHG where soaring is intended and achieved, even for XC hang gliding with RHG.
*Slope-soaring of RHG

*Self-kiting launching of RHG followed by soaring with full-keeping of launching system.
*Man-powered RHG launching

*Motor- or engined-launched RHG with effective soaring of RHG.
*Pilot-power recharging of compressed air into double-purpose structural parts in RHG. And perhaps if excess lift is experienced, then tap the autorotation for some recharging of compressed air.
*Solar-powered assisted RHG (while landed in flikes). (flike= fly, hike, fly, hike,...]

References

Patents
Gyrocopters
Helicopters
[http://www.uboat.net/technical/bachstelze.htm The Bachstelze] When kite line broke, a rotary-wing hang glider resulted; today, the weight would put the actual device as an ultralight aircraft in some countries.