Meet Magni M16
The M16 is an open-cockpit tandem gyroplane with a pusher engine and a rotor above its two occupants. Its principal rotor is not continuously driven by the engine in flight: it turns by autorotation as air passes through the disc. Engine power acts through the propeller to provide forward thrust, and ground prerotation is a separate part of preparing the rotor for takeoff.
The control stick tilts the rotor head and changes the direction in which the rotor disc carries the aircraft. The manual’s trim system acts through a cable and spring assembly, changing the force the pilot holds at the stick. That combination of rotor-head control and spring trim is central to the M16’s cockpit character.
History & design
From experimental gyros to a production range
Vittorio Magni built a Bensen-plan gyroplane in 1967 after working in helicopter engineering and aerial application. He established VPM in 1986 and sold rights to the MT5 and MT7 designs the following year. VPM became Magni Gyro in 1996, developing the production range that includes this tandem-seat model. The company recorded its thousandth gyroplane in late 2016.
Magni Gyro · Magni Gyro history ↗Magni family history; the production milestone covers all models.
Systems & details
Rotor direction and stick load
The M16 manual separates rotor-head movement from the trim actuator. The stick commands the rotor head; the actuator changes the load in the cable/spring assembly.
Rotor lift and propeller thrust have separate controls
The handbook describes a steel primary structure, a lightly faired tandem cockpit and fixed tricycle landing gear. The pusher propeller supplies forward thrust; the rotor provides lift while autorotating in flight. Moving the stick changes rotor-head orientation, while the trim actuator adjusts a spring-and-cable load. That separation explains why a gyroplane needs a rotorcraft control profile even though its propeller resembles a fixed-wing pusher installation.
In your simulator
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Manuals & resources
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Manual
M16 Flight ManualMagni GyroFlight · M16 manual rotor arrangement, trim and flight controls.Developer documentation
Magni M-16 and M-22 Gyrocopters-3DReal-Magnistore.x-plane.org · Aircraft equipment and developer product details.Aircraft documentation
Magni Gyro historyMagni Gyro · Manufacturer account of the company and its gyroplane development; not a model certification chronology.Built-in force-feedback profiles
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Catalogue programme-20261011-v3 · 2 profile choices
3DReal Magni M16
3DReal · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
The M16 is an open-cockpit tandem gyroplane with a pusher engine and a rotor above its two occupants.
Magni M16
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 12
The M16 is an open-cockpit tandem gyroplane with a pusher engine and a rotor above its two occupants.
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