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Gyrocopters look much like helicopters, only the rotor is not powered. Instead a gyrocopter’s powerplant works like a regular fixed wing, trike, or powered parachute. The engine, with a propeller, pushes the aircraft forward. It is the forward movement of the aircraft that causes the rotor (the big propeller on top) to spin and create lift.
