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The Super Sky Cycle is a pusher gyroplane with tricycle undercarriage and belt drive propulsion. A second two cycle engine drives the main wheels. A Kevlar tail provides directional control in flight. The rotors are able to be folded for road travel. Two 5 U.S. gallons (19 L; 4.2 imp gal) tanks are mounted in reserve. [1] [2]
The company settled on a gyroplane design for a number of reasons. "The gyroplane principle not only provides us with a safe and easy-to-operate flying car but it also enables us to make it compact and within existing regulations, which is the most important factor to build a useable flying car," said Mike Stekelenburg, Chief Engineer at PAL-V. [1] Pilots will require a Private pilot licence ...
Another idea is the flike, a sort of flying motorcycle/helicopter. [36] Whike are sail-powered trikes, which may or may not be motorized depending if one considers a sail to be a type of motorization. [further explanation needed] There is another arrangement of three-wheel, with the wheels in a line; this is so far pretty rare. [37]
The Avian Gyroplane which is the inspiration for ARC's designs. In 2023, ARC Aerosystems acquired the intellectual property, all rights and type certification of the Avian Gyroplane (also called the "Pegasus" which had previously obtained FAA certification), including the last remaining flying example. [3]
AutoGyro MT-03 without fairing fitted. The MT-03 features a single main rotor, a two-seats in tandem open cockpit with an optional partial cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a four-cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912 engine or turbocharged 115 hp (86 kW) Rotax 914 engine in pusher configuration.
Norman Surplus, from Larne in Northern Ireland, became the second person to attempt a world circumnavigation by gyroplane/autogyro type aircraft on 22 March 2010, flying a Rotorsport UK MT-03 Autogyro, registered G-YROX. Surplus was unable to get permission to enter Russian airspace from Japan, but he established nine world autogyro records on ...
The Air & Space 18A is a gyroplane that was manufactured in the central United States between 1965 and 2000.. The Air & Space 18A is one of the last three gyroplanes issued a Standard Airworthiness Certificate (September 1961) by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The Gyros-1 was designed for aerial work use, including aerial application, courier, forestry patrol, search and rescue and geological survey.It features a single main rotor, a single-seat enclosed cockpit accessed by a door, tricycle landing gear with additional tailwheel and a 4-blade traction propeller.