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A gyrocopter includes a motor, a rotor head and a torque transmission device for transmitting torque of the motor to the rotor head. The torque transmission device includes a pneumatic coupling.

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1. A gyrocopter, comprising a motor;a rotor head;a torque transmission device for transmitting torque of the motor to the rotor head, the torque transmission device having a pneumatic coupling having an input shaft, an output shaft, and a pneumatic cylinder which radially surrounds the output shaft

1. A gyrocopter, comprising a motor;a rotor head;a torque transmission device for transmitting torque of the motor to the rotor head, the torque transmission device having a pneumatic coupling having an input shaft, an output shaft, and a pneumatic cylinder which radially surrounds the output shaft and/or the input shaft;a powertrain comprising the input shaft; andan output chain comprising the output shaft;wherein said pneumatic cylinder radially surrounds the output shaft and/or the input shaft;wherein the pneumatic coupling comprises a release spring arranged in a torque flow between the powertrain and the output chain for a transmission of torque; andwherein the release spring preloads the pneumatic cylinder when the pneumatic cylinder is in a neutral position. 2. A gyrocopter, comprising a motor;a rotor head;a torque transmission device for transmitting torque of the motor to the rotor head, the torque transmission device having a pneumatic coupling having an input shaft, an output shaft, and a pneumatic cylinder which radially surrounds the output shaft and/or the input shaft;a powertrain comprising the input shaft; andan output chain comprising the output shaft;wherein said pneumatic cylinder radially surrounds the output shaft and/or the input shaft;wherein the pneumatic coupling comprises a release spring arranged in a torque flow between the powertrain and the output chain for a transmission of torque;wherein the pneumatic coupling has a friction lining and an anchor plate; andwherein the release spring is configured such that the friction lining and the anchor plate have a neutral distance of at least 0.5 millimeters when the pneumatic cylinder is free from pressure. 3. A gyrocopter, comprising a motor;a rotor head;a torque transmission device for transmitting torque of the motor to the rotor head, the torque transmission device having a pneumatic coupling, wherein said pneumatic coupling has an input shaft,an output shaft, anda pneumatic cylinder which radially surrounds the output shaft and/or the input shaft; anda correcting device arranged in a torque flow between the input shaft and output shaft, the correcting device having a stiffness which is at most one fifth a stiffness of any remaining components of the torque transmission device. 4. A gyrocopter, comprising a motor;a rotor head;a torque transmission device for transmitting torque of the motor to the rotor head, the torque transmission device having a pneumatic coupling, wherein said pneumatic coupling has an input shaft,an output shaft, anda pneumatic cylinder which radially surrounds the output shaft and/or the input shaft; anda correcting device arranged in a torque flow between the input shaft and the output shaft, said correcting device comprising a rubbery-elastic correcting component. 5. The gyrocopter according to claim 3, wherein the stiffness of the correcting device is an axial stiffness and/or a torsional stiffness.