ADI Sportster

Last updated
Sportster
RoleAutogyro
Manufacturer Aircraft Designs
Designer Martin Hollmann
First flight1974
Number built65 (2005)

The ADI Sportster is a two-seat gyroplane that has been marketed in plans form for homebuilding since 1974 by Aircraft Designs Inc. [1] [2] 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 [2]

Specifications

Data from Bertrand and Kitplanes [1] [2]

General characteristics

Performance

Avionics

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References

  1. 1 2 Downey, Julia: 2005 Trikes 'Chutes and Rotorcraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 22, Number 2, February 2005, page 54. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  2. 1 2 3 Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 203. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X