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German aircraft manufacturer

AutoGyro GmbH
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
HeadquartersHildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany
ProductsAutogyros
Websitewww.auto-gyro.com
AutoGyro Cavalons
AutoGyro Calidus

AutoGyro GmbH (English: AutoGyro Limited) is a German aircraft manufacturer based in Hildesheim. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of autogyros in the form of fully assembled, ready to fly aircraft.

The company has had commercial success with their designs, which include a mast-mounted vibration dampening system. The enclosed cabin AutoGyro Cavalon and AutoGyro Calidus are noted for their very aerodynamically clean fuselage fairings. The open cockpit AutoGyro MT-03 is described as a "market leader" and is sold in the UK as the modified RotorSport UK MT-03. The AutoGyro MTOsport is a development version of the MT-03. British importer RotorSport UK also markets a modified version of the Calidus as the RotorSport UK Calidus. As of 2014, they build around 300 aircraft per year.

An MT-03 was flown on a world record-setting distance flight in Australia of 1,263 km (785 mi).

In 2013 the company produced the world's first electric aircraft autogyro, the eCavalon

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by AutoGyro GmbH
Model name First flight Number built Type
AutoGyro MT-03 Two seat tandem open cockpit autogyro
AutoGyro MTOsport Two seat tandem open cockpit autogyro
AutoGyro Calidus Two seat tandem enclosed cockpit autogyro
AutoGyro Cavalon Two seat side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit autogyro
AutoGyro eCavalon 2013 Two seat enclosed cockpit electric-powered autogyro

References

  1. ^ Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, pages 176-177. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Bertorelli, Paul (5 April 2015). "Why Autogyros Aren't an American Thing". avweb.com. Aviation Publishing Group. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  3. Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 188. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X

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AutoGyro GmbH aircraft
Autogyros
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