SkyCruiser Autogyro SkyCruiser
SkyCruiser | |
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Role | Autogyro |
National origin | Hungary |
Manufacturer | |
Status | In production (2017) |
The SkyCruiser Autogyro SkyCruiser is a series of Hungarian autogyros designed and produced by of Inárcs. It was publicly introduced at the AERO Friedrichshafen airshow in 2014. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.[1]
Design and development[]
The SkyCruiser features a single main rotor, a two-seats-in tandem open cockpit with a windshield, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants, plus a tail caster and a four-cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke 115 hp (86 kW) Rotax 914 turbocharged engine or modified 125 hp (93 kW) turbocharged Rotax 912 in pusher configuration.[1][2]
The aircraft fuselage is made from composites and has a two-bladed rotor with a diameter of 8.4 m (27.6 ft) and an electronic pre-rotator. The aircraft has a gross weight of 560 kg (1,235 lb).[1]
The design features an automatic propeller system. When the electronic pre-rotator for the main rotor is engaged the pusher propeller automatically goes to flat pitch and creates no thrust. When the pilot moved the control stick aft to take-off the propeller automatically goes to best climb setting.[1]
In 2011 an improved version was introduced called the SC-200 "New Face", with aesthetic changes, including a more rounded cockpit fairing and wider cockpit seating. The original model was then renamed the "SC-200 Standard".[3]
Specifications (SkyCruiser)[]
Data from Tacke[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Gross weight: 560 kg (1,235 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 104 litres (23 imp gal; 27 US gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 914 four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke turbocharged aircraft engine, 86 kW (115 hp)
- Main rotor diameter: 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
- Main rotor area: 55 m2 (590 sq ft)
- Propellers: 3-bladed composite
Performance
- Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)
- Cruise speed: 145 km/h (90 mph, 78 kn)
- Disk loading: 10.2 kg/m2 (2.1 lb/sq ft)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 199. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
- ^ Skycruiser Autogyro (2017). "SkyCruiser SC-200 "New Face"". www.skycruiser.hu. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ Skycruiser Autogyro (2017). "Our Gyrocopters". www.skycruiser.hu. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
External links[]
- Skycruiser Autogyro aircraft
- 2010s Hungarian sport aircraft
- Homebuilt aircraft
- Single-engined pusher autogyros