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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]
Data from Bertrand and Kitplanes
[1]
[2]
General characteristics
Crew: one
Capacity: one passenger
Length: 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Height: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
Airfoil :
NACA 8H12
Empty weight: 650 lb (295 kg)
Gross weight: 1,100 lb (499 kg)
Fuel capacity: 17 U.S. gallons (64 L; 14 imp gal)
Powerplant: 1 ×
Lycoming O-320 4-cyl. air-cooled horizontally opposed piston engine, 150 hp (110 kW)
Main rotor diameter: 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m)
Main rotor area: 616 sq ft (57.2 m2 )
Performance
Maximum speed: 90 mph (140 km/h, 78 kn)
Cruise speed: 75 mph (121 km/h, 65 kn)
Range: 150 mi (240 km, 130 nmi)
Service ceiling: 12,000 ft (3,700 m)
Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)
Disk loading: 1.8 lb/sq ft (8.8 kg/m2 )
Power/mass : 0.14 hp/lb (0.22 kW/kg)
Avionics
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b Downey, Julia: 2005 Trikes 'Chutes and Rotorcraft Directory , Kitplanes, Volume 22, Number 2, February 2005, page 54. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
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c Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04 , page 203. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X