AutoGyro GmbH

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AutoGyro GmbH
Type Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
Headquarters,
Products Autogyros
Website www.auto-gyro.com
AutoGyro Cavalons 10.06.2014. Airfield Voskresensk (14381178546).jpg
AutoGyro Cavalons
AutoGyro Calidus Calidus 09 in flight (5575126604).jpg
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. [1]

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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. [1] As of 2014, they build around 300 aircraft per year. [2]

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

In 2013 the company produced the world's first electric aircraft autogyro, the eCavalon [3]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by AutoGyro GmbH
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
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 2013Two seat enclosed cockpit electric-powered autogyro

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References

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