Super Rotor Andorinha

AC.4 Andorinha
Role Sport autogyro
National origin Brazil
Manufacturer Super Rotor/Montalva
Designer Altair Coelho
First flight 1960 (as AC.1)
Number built ca. 450


The Super Rotor AC.4 Andorinha ("Swallow") was a sport autogyro first produced in Brazil in the 1960s.[1] The prototype was built by Altair Coelho and flown in 1960 as the AC.1,[2] a typically minimalist autogyro design consisting of an open framework supporting the pilot's seat, rotor mast, engine mounting and tail fin.[3] Power was supplied by a converted Volkswagen engine driving a pusher propeller.[3] Francisco Mattis purchased the prototype and manufacturing rights and founded Super Rotor (now Montalva) of São Paulo to produce the aircraft.[3] Refinements for serial production as the AC.4 included an extra reinforcing strut for the rotor mast and a larger tail fin.[2]

Super Rotor went on to produce a two-seat version with dual controls as the M.1 Montalva,[1][4] a turbo-charged two-seater as the M.2 Trovão Azul ("Blue Thunder"),[4] and an agricultural version with spray bars as the Agricóptero.[4]

Variants

Specifications (AC.4)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1987–88, p.20 (except as noted)

General characteristics

Performance


Notes

  1. 1 2 Taylor 1989, p.945
  2. 1 2 3 4 Altair Coelho website
  3. 1 2 3 Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1987–88
  4. 1 2 3 4 Montalva website

References

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