Английская Википедия:Farrington Twinstar

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The Farrington Twinstar is an American two-seat autogyro that was designed and produced by Farrington Aircraft of Paducah, Kentucky, a company owned by Don Farrington. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction. It first flew in 1993.

Design and development

The aircraft was designed to comply with the US Experimental - Amateur-built aircraft rules. It features a single main rotor, a two-seats-in tandem open cockpit with a windshield, tricycle landing gear without wheel pants, plus a tail caster. The tail consists of two vertical stabilizers and rudders. The acceptable power range is Шаблон:Convert and the standard engine used is a four-cylinder, air-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition Шаблон:Convert Lycoming O-320 in pusher configuration. The cabin width is Шаблон:Convert.

The aircraft fuselage is made from a combination of welded steel and bolted-together aluminum tubing, with a fiberglass cockpit fairing. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of Шаблон:Convert. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of Шаблон:Convert and a gross weight of Шаблон:Convert, giving a useful load of Шаблон:Convert. With full fuel of Шаблон:Convert the payload for the pilot, passengers and baggage is Шаблон:Convert.

The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a Шаблон:Convert engine is Шаблон:Convert and the landing roll is Шаблон:Convert.

The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 200 hours.

Operational history

By 1998 the company reported that 25 kits had been sold and five aircraft were completed and flying.

In March 2015 six examples were registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration, although a total of 12 had been registered at one time.

See also

• List of rotorcraft