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ADI Sportster

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Top speed
  
145 km/h

First flight
  
1974

Length
  
3.66 m

Manufacturer
  
Aircraft Designs

The ADI Sportster is a two-seat gyroplane that has been marketed in plans form for homebuilding since 1974 by Aircraft Designs Inc. It was the first homebuilt gyrocopter design to be able to carry a passenger.

The design first flew in 1974 and is built from bolted and riveted dural aluminium sheet. The rotor blades use an NACA 8H12 airfoil

Specifications

Data from Bertrand and Kitplanes

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Length: 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
  • Height: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
  • Airfoil: NACA 8H12
  • Empty weight: 650 lb (295 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1,100 lb (499 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 17 U.S. gallons (64 L; 14 imp gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-320 4-cyl. air-cooled horizontally opposed piston engine, 150 hp (110 kW)
  • Main rotor diameter: 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m)
  • Main rotor area: 616 sq ft (57.2 m2)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 90 mph (145 km/h; 78 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 75 mph (65 kn; 121 km/h)
  • Range: 150 mi (130 nmi; 241 km)
  • Service ceiling: 12,000 ft (3,658 m)
  • Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)
  • Disk loading: 1.8 lb/sq ft (8.8 kg/m2)
  • Power/mass: 0.14 hp/lb (0.22 kW/kg)

    • Avionics

  • none

    • References

    ADI Sportster Wikipedia
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