The Trendak Tercel () is a Polish autogyro designed and produced by Aviation Artur Trendak of Jaktorów-Kolonia, Poland, introduced at the AERO Friedrichshafen show in 2014. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 190. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
Design and development The Tercel is one of three similar designs that were all unveiled at the same time and which share common components. The Twistair is a tandem development, while the Trooper is a military variant with sideways facing seats for troop transport.
The Tercel features a single main rotor, a two-seats-in side-by-side configuration in completely enclosed cockpit with a windshield, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a four cylinder, air-cooled, turbocharged, intercooled, twin carburetor, four-stroke, CA 912 ULT (RST) engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft fuselage is made from composite material. Its Trendak & Son aluminum, two-bladed rotor has a diameter of . The aircraft has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of in two tanks, the payload for the pilot, passenger and baggage is .
Specifications (Tercel)
See also List of rotorcraft
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