Shaanxi Baojii Special Vehicles Lie Ying Falcon

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Lie Ying Falcon
Role Autogyro
National origin China
Manufacturer Shaanxi Baojii Special Vehicles Manufacturing Company/
Shaanxi Bao He Defense Technology [1]
DesignerWang Baohe; Shaanxi Baojii Special Vehicles Manufacturing Company; Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics [2]
First flight2011 [3]
StatusIn production (2015)
Primary user People's Liberation Army [4]
Developed from"German autogyro technology" [5]

The Shaanxi Baojii Special Vehicles Lie Ying Falcon ("Semi-Open Cabin With Tandem Seats Falcon"), otherwise known as Hunting Eagle Strike Gyrocopter, [6] is a Chinese autogyro that was designed and produced by the Shaanxi Baojii Special Vehicles Manufacturing Company of Baoji in Shaanxi province. The aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fly. [7]

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The manufacturer is a well-known builder of armoured vehicles for police and military use and the aircraft was reportedly flying in 2015, but the original website was taken down in late 2016. [7] [8] However, there is a new company website. [9]

The aircraft gained media attention when it appears as part of 2019 China National Day military parade. [10] Nicknamed "air tricycle". In 2022 the aircraft reportedly costs approximately 40,000 Chinese Yuan (approximately 5,500 USD). [11]

Design and development

The Falcon was designed for police and military use as a surveillance aircraft. It features a single main rotor, a two-seats-in tandem open cockpit with a windshield, tricycle landing gear and a Rotax 914 engine in pusher configuration. The Rotax engine is an Austrian-made, four-cylinder, liquid- and air-cooled, four stroke turbocharged 115 hp (86 kW) unit. [7]

The aircraft has a two-bladed rotor with a diameter of 8.4 m (27.6 ft). It has a typical empty weight of 290 kg (639 lb) and a gross weight of 560 kg (1,235 lb), giving a useful load of 270 kg (595 lb). With full fuel of 70 litres (15 imp gal; 18 US gal) the payload for the crew and mission equipment is 220 kg (485 lb). [7]

The basic model of the aircraft is a two-seater. An upgraded three-seater version of the aircraft also exists. [12] The three-seat variant feature a 135 hp (101 kW) engine, a larger fuel tank made from different materials, to give greater range, and allow the transportation of more cargo, as well as for parachuting operations. [13]

The aircraft can be armed with anti-tank guided missiles. The two-seater version can carry four missiles on hardpoints. [14]

Specifications (Falcon)

Data from Tacke [7]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

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