AutoGyro Cavalon

Cavalon
Role Autogyro
National origin Germany
Manufacturer AutoGyro GmbH
Status In production (2011)
Unit cost
52,500 (assembled, 2011)
Developed from AutoGyro Calidus
AutoGyro Cavalon

The Autogyro Cavalon is a German autogyro, designed and produced by AutoGyro GmbH of Hildesheim. It was introduced at the 2011 Aero show in Friedrichshafen. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1]

Design and development

The Cavalon is a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration development of the tandem-seating AutoGyro Calidus. It features a single main rotor, an enclosed cockpit with a complete aerodynamic 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.[1]

The aircraft fuselage is made from composites and is a faired teardrop shape to ensure smooth airflow over the variable pitch pusher propeller. Its 8.4 m (27.6 ft) diameter rotor has a chord of 20 cm (7.9 in). The aircraft has a gross weight of 450 kg (990 lb). The design incorporates vibration dampers that greatly reduce the level of main rotor vibration transmitted to the cockpit.[1]

Operational history

By December 2012 two examples had been registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration, one in the Experimental - Amateur-built category and one status unknown.[2]

Specifications (Cavalon)

AutoGyro Cavalon

Data from Manufacturer and the World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12[1][3]

General characteristics

Performance


References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 176. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Federal Aviation Administration (29 December 2012). "Make / Model Inquiry Results". Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  3. AutoGyro GmbH (2012). "Cavalon - a new era". Retrieved 29 December 2012.

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