Yeah people seem to think they went down there on a cardboard prototype. This wasn't new. It had been used before. That was the problem, it had been used before.
As for the random auto-gyro talk I wouldn't get on one of those either, nor let my family ride in one. They don't have the best safety record. A sloppy pilot can wing it (ha) in today's modern airliner but as you scale down to general aviation you better have your shyt together. Wealthy people dying in helicopter crashes happens with enough regularity that I question why even use them. Not worth the risk in my opinion.