autogyros don't necessarily spark my passion in the way a fixed wing does (and frankly rotary wings in general are utterly terrifying to me like how the fuck does that even work) but i can appreciate their interesting energy
i'm really fond of bleeding edge fixed wing experimental designs screwing with aerodynamics and control tech. Designs like the X-59 QueSST and Boeing's truss braced wing project are absolutely fascinating to me, as are past experimentals like like X-31 thrust vectoring testbed or the absolute wonderful insanity of forward-swept experimentals and proposals like the Su-47 and P.1214

I LOVE THE ENTIRE P.1212-P.1216 LINE OF DESIGN STUDIES SO MUCH BUT THIS FUCKING
CONTRAPTION
IS BY FAR MY FAVORITE
WHY AM I ENCOUNTERING IT ON COHOST OF ALL PLACES
BY THE WAY THIS WAS DONE BY @HAZELPINEY ON TWITTER HER ART FUCKS