AutoGyro MT 03

Design and development

The MT-03 features a single main rotor, a two-seats in tandem open cockpit with an optional partial 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.

The aircraft fairing is made from composites. Its 8.4 m (27.6 ft) diameter rotor has a chord of 20 cm (7.9 in). The aircraft has an empty weight of 245 kg (540 lb) and a gross weight of 450 kg (990 lb), giving a useful load of 205 kg (452 lb).

The MT-03 was developed into the MTOsport and the fully enclosed AutoGyro Calidus.

Operational history

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

Variants

AutoGyro MT-03

Base model for the European and North American market. No longer in production.

RotorSport UK MT-03

Modified model for the United Kingdom market, imported assembled and modified by RotorSport UK.

AutoGyro MTOsport

Improved model for the European and North American market. This model offers a choice of three different rotor systems, two different propellers, two engine choices (Rotax 912S or 914) and floats.

Military

 Ethiopia

Ethiopian Air Force - 2 for special operations

Specifications (MT-03)

Data from Bayerl and Duda

General characteristics

Crew: one

Capacity: one passenger

Airfoil: NACA 8-H-12

Empty weight: 245 kg (540 lb)

Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb)

Fuel capacity: 34 litres (7.5 imp gal; 9.0 US gal) or optionally 68 litres (15 imp gal; 18 US gal)

Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 75 kW (101 hp)

Main rotor diameter: 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)

Main rotor area: 55.4 m² (596 sq ft)

Propellers: 3-bladed variable pitch composite

Performance

Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph; 100 kn)

Cruising speed: 160 km/h (99 mph; 86 kn)

Rate of climb: 5 m/s (980 ft/min)

Lift-to-drag: 4

Disk loading: 8.1 kg/m² (1.7 lb/sq ft)
Minimum speed: 20 knots