Английская Википедия:Chayair Sycamore
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The Chayair Sycamore is a South African autogyro, designed and produced by Chayair of Musina. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1][2]
Design and development
The Sycamore features a single main rotor, a two-seats-in-tandem open or optionally enclosed cockpit, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a four-cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition turbocharged Шаблон:Convert Rotax 914F engine in pusher configuration. The Шаблон:Convert Subaru EJ22 is optional.[1][2]
The aircraft fuselage is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing and mounts a Шаблон:Convert diameter Advanced Kinetics rotor. The tailplane features five vertical tail surfaces for improved directional stability. The enclosed Sycamore Mk 1 version has an empty weight of Шаблон:Convert and a gross weight of Шаблон:Convert, giving a useful load of Шаблон:Convert.[1][2]
Operational history
By December 2012 one example had been registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration in the Experimental - Amateur-built category.[3]
Variants
Specifications (Sycamore Mk 1)
References
External links
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 178. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 192. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. Шаблон:ISSN
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web