Hi, I used to own an Aircommand single seater, and it was great fun! The trick is to hold the controls very lightly and dont overeact to light oscillations that might occur.
Rule is: throttle to climb/sink and stick to vary speed.
I would recommend you have a demo flight in a double seater if you can .
Actually its safer than an aircraft as it cannot stall. The big no no is the abrubt stick forward movement which can unload the rotor and cause you to tumble and die!
Most deaths occured in the past with pilots building a gyrocopter and then flying it without training.
With some good trainning youll be okay!
The wind becomes your friend as it is less sensitive to strong winds than other ultralight aircraft.
Downside is that it needs a lot of power to fly and that your crusingspeed is not very high depending on your model, around 100km/h.
http://www.aircommand.com/faq.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwgarUnyPs4#t=1599