Meet Magni M22
The M22 combines tandem seating with a pusher powerplant and an autorotating rotor. Its rear seat is slightly elevated, a detail identified in the M22C manual’s cockpit description. The rotor produces lift while engine power supplies thrust through the propeller. Prerotation on the ground prepares the rotor for takeoff; the rotor’s sustained flight rotation comes from airflow through the disc.
The M22C manual describes direct stick control of the rotor head and an actuator working on the trim cable/spring assembly. Trim therefore changes the force held by the pilot without replacing the pilot’s rotor-head command.
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
A touring gyroplane’s controls
The rotor head follows the stick, and the trim mechanism biases the spring/cable load. In this arrangement, rotor direction, propeller thrust and trim force are separate functions. The raised rear-seat position is part of the tandem cockpit layout described by the manufacturer’s manual.
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
M22 Flight ManualMagni GyroFlight · M22C manual, rotor arrangement, cockpit, trim and 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 M22
3DReal · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
The M22 combines tandem seating with a pusher powerplant and an autorotating rotor.
Magni M22
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 12
The M22 combines tandem seating with a pusher powerplant and an autorotating rotor.
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