Would it be possible to make autogyros sort of accident-proof? I'm not suggesting it should be a legal mandate, I'm just wondering from the physical point of view. Could it be done?
I find it fascinating how some professional racing cars can have accidents at 200mph and survive with some broken bones and scratches, and some people's autogyro falls like a brick from a height of 30ft and they unfortunately die.
If it's actually possible, what would be needed? I know expensive racing cars have super strong carbon fiber monocoques. Other racing cars have steel tube frames covering the hole cabin. Road cars have crash structures carefully engineered to absorb as much of the energy of the crash as possible. And then stuff like airbags.
Could any of these technologies diminish the chance of fatal deaths on autogyro crashes?