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FAA Certified Production Gyroplanes

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(Modern)

Manufacturer	Model	Seats	Class	Assembly	Price	Comments
Groen Brothers Aviation www.gbagyros.com	Hawk 4 GT	4	FAA Certifed	Assembled	$749,000	Used for Security for Olympic games, Low - cost / High safety helicopter alternative
	Sparrow Hawk	2 Side by Side	Sport Pilot	Assembled or Kit

Military and Government Produced Gyroplanes

Manufacturer		Model	Comments
USA Captive Flight Devices		Rotary Kite

US Army / Navy		Pathfinder
USAF		XV-1 Project	Looking at the XV-1, it's easy to see the parts and pieces of both a helicopter and a conventional aircraft. The concept carried both a horizontally-mounted helicopter rotor along with a conventional pusher prop for normal flight. It was the first such VTOL developed in the United States. The US Army was very interested in the system for liaison and observation missions, along with tank and artillery spotting. There were also considerations for using it as an airborne ambulance where it could carry two litter patients and an attendant plus the pilot. In 1951, the U.S. Army and Air Force announced a competition to develop a fixed-wing aircraft that could also take off and landing vertically as a helicopter. McDonnell responded a competition with the XV-1 mock-up. Designed by Friedrich von Doblhoff who had pioneered the WNF 342 rotor-craft in Austria during WWII. The XV-1 was powered by a single piston engine that drove the two air compressors to power the 3-blades main rotor with tip-jet for vertical lift, and power a two-bladed propeller at the fuselage rear for forward flight. McDonnell spent 22 months building the XV-1. It was also designated the XL-25 in the liaison category and the XH-35 in the helicopter category. The 1st prototype was test flown in 1954. The 2nd prototype became the first rotor-craft to reach a speed of 320km/h in 1956. Following the Air Force evaluation, its maximum speed capability was accomplished. With the other helicopters improving their cruise speed, the program was terminated in 1957.
		XV-2?
		XOP-1
		YG-2 NACA
		PA-38
		KH-17A
		XO - 60

German		Focke-Achgelis Fa-225 rotary glider	Prototypes only. No mass production
German		Focke-Achgelis Fa-330 rotary Kite
German		C19-Focke-Wulf
German	C30	C30-Focke-Wulf

England		Rotachute and Rotachute Mk II, Mk II, Mk IV	This is the craft that inspired Dr. Bensen.
England AFEE		Rotabuggy / Rotajeep	In one test was flown to 1700 feet by a bomber and successfully landed.
England AFEE		Bickers Valentine Tank Rotary Kite (name unknown)
England		C30A
England		PA-39
Fairy Rotordyne Family		Rotordyne	Fantastic machine. Project cut by politics in England. Only one produced. A great Also: Jet Gyrodyne ( never finished )
Russian		Kamov Ka-22 "Vintokryl"	Russian Rotordyne

Japan		Kellett ?
Australia		Fleep Rotary Kite

Prototypes and Under Development

Manufacturer	Model	Seats	Class	Assembly	Price	Comments
Carter Avation http://www.cartercopters.com	Carter Copter	2 Side by Side	Production	Not for Sale	Not for Sale (yet)	May break the 'impossible to break' MU-1 barrier.
	Heavy - Lifters
Groen Brothers Aviation www.gbagyros.com	C-130 Heavy - Lifters
	Hawk Prototype
AERO-Sport http://www.adiuvo.net/homepage.htm

Out of Production Gyroplanes

Manufacturer	Model	Seats	Class	Assembly	Price	Comments
McCulloch Gyroplanes	J-2 J-2 Sport	2 Side by Side	FAA Certified Production The J2 Gyroplane Manual (pdf)	Fully Assembled	$?K
Air & Space	18A	2 Tandem	FAA Certified Production	Fully Assembled	$?K	Jump-Takeoff
	Twinstarr	2 Tandem	Experimental	Kit, Sub Assembly	$?K	Trainer with Lycoming Engine

Out of Production Gyroplane Kits / Designs

Manufacturer	Model	Seats	Class	Assembly	Price	Comments
Marchetti	Avenger	2 Side by Side	Experimental	Kit	$?	Hollman, Sportster Copy
Glanville	Sky Master	2 Side by Side	Experimental	Kit	$?	Hollman, Sportster Copy
Tyler	Shadow	2 Side by Side	Experimental	Kit	$?	Hollman, Sportster Copy

Currently Available Bensen Gyrocopter Plans / Kits

WARNING: Please do not fly a Bensen style gyroplane without first consulting your Gyroplane Instructor and doing the known-required safety upgrades ( such as a horizontal stabilizer ).

Some 'vendors' are selling outdated plans (kits) that will lead you to construct an unsafe machine! Do your research!!

Manufacturer - "Plans Seller"		Model	Comments
Vortech http://www.vortechonline.com/b1920/	C1	B19	Purchasing Guidelines
		B20	Purchasing Guidelines
		Sparrow	Purchasing Guidelines
		RH-1 Falcon	Purchasing Guidelines
Parsons			One of the first trainer gyroplanes. Still popular as a trainer.

Pre-Bensen Gyroplanes

Manufacturer		Model	Comments
Cierva Autogiro Company Lt.	C1	C1
	C2	C2
	C3	C3
	C4	C4
	C5	C5
	C6	C6
	C6A	C6A
	C6BIS	C6BIS
	C6c	C6c
	C6d	C6d
	C7	C7
	C8L - I	C8L - I
	C8L - II	C8L - II
	C8R	C8R
	C8V	C8V
	C8W	C8W
	C10	C10
	C11	C11
	C12	C12
	C19 Mk II	C19 Mk II
		C19-Focke-Wulf
	C19 Mk III	C19 Mk III
	C19 Mk IV	C19 Mk IV
	C19 Mk V	C19 Mk V
	C21	C21
	C30	C30
	C30a	C30A
	C30 Mk II	C30 Mk II
	C30 Mk III	C30 Mk III
	C30 P	C30 P
	C30 P MkIII	C30 P MkIII
Pitcairn - Larsen Autogiro Company		PCA-1
		PCA-1A
		PCA-1B BLACK MARIA
		PCA-2
		AC-35	One of the sharpest designs I have ever seen. Considered 'roadable' as the blades would fold back and you could drive it around on the ground.
		YG-2 NACA

		PA-18	$6,750 with flight instruction; POP: 51, of which 6 were converted to PA-39. The fatal crash of a Pitcairn autogyro in Oct 1935 ended one of aviation's longest safety records, when pilot Robert Swenson unwisely tried to stretch a glide over power lines after an engine failure
		PA-19	CABIN AUTOGIRO
		PA-22
		PA-33
		PA-35 (AC-35)	see AC-35
		PA-36	WHIRLWING
		PA-38
		PA-39
		PA-44
		PAA-1
		XOP-1
		XOP-2
Kellett Autogiro Company		K-1X	Featured a unique, single-blade, wooden rotor that see-sawed on its rotor hub. The craft suffered from structural problems and unsound aerodynamic design, so several taxi runs were made with no flights, then the project was abandoned
		KA-1A (K2)	Direct-drive. Side-by-side seating; convertible coupe-type top. $7,885 open cockpit, $8,255 canopied cockpit; POP: 14 with some modified into K-3 and -4. Rotor design and tradename licensed by Autogiro Co of America (Pitcairn). (2-351) for prototype only restored to flying condition in 2001 by Al Letcher, Mojave CA
		K-2A	K-2A 1932 (ATC 2-431) = 210hp Continental R-670. POP: 4 conversions from -2.
		K-3	Went with Adm Richard Byrd on his 1933 Antarctic Expedition, where it crashed and is still there
		K-4
		KD-1
		KD-1A	Cropmaster
		KD-1B
		KD-10	never built
		KH-17
		KH-17A
		XG-1B
		XO - 60
		YO - 60
		XR-2
		XR-3
		XR-8	Not a gyro but a helicopter. Here for reference
		XR-8a	Not a gyro but a helicopter. Here for reference
		XR-10	Not a gyro but a helicopter. Here for reference
		XR-15	Not a gyro but a helicopter. Here for reference
Other Cierva Licensed Autogiros

			The Buhl Autogiro, built under license from the Autogiro Company of America, had a "pusher" propeller.
			Russian Observation Gyro

Non - Bensen Gyrogliders

Individual Designs

Manufacturer (Designer)	Model	Seats	Class	Info
Ikenga	Cygnus 21
	Cygnus 21P
	Cygnus 21T
	Cygnus 21TX
	530z
	Wind dancer
TERVAMAKI http://www.icon.fi/~jtki/gyroplan.html	JT-5	1	Experimental	Original Designer of the Magni Gyroplane. Has designed more but has not published plans for all. Worth checking out this guys site just for the research.
JT-1 Gyroglider
ATE-3 Autogyro				From the left Siitonen and Paavilainen , Arvo and Hannu Taupila from Finland and an ATE-3 gyro from Denmark.
MT-7 Autogyro (VPM S-2)				MT-7 (Magni-Tervamaki). Vittorio later redesignated the machine as VPM S-2 Lost in an accident in France. The control rods had been bent in road transport by a truck
Electric Gyro
Ken Wallis (Sir, Wing Commander)