The Russian Gyroplanes Gyros-1 Farmer is a Russian autogyro of unconventional layout, designed and produced by Russian Gyroplanes of Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 198. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
Design and development The Gyros-1 was designed for aerial work use, including aerial application, courier, forestry patrol, search and rescue and geological survey. It features a single main rotor, a single-seat enclosed cockpit accessed by a door, tricycle landing gear with additional tailwheel and a 4-blade traction propeller. It is powered by a six-cylinder, four-stroke, horizontally-opposed, liquid-cooled converted Eggenfellner E6 Subaru gasoline engine.
The aircraft also fits an optional Racket 120 single-cylinder, two-stroke auxiliary engine for running the agricultural equipment, when installed.
The aircraft fuselage includes a baggage compartment or application hopper between the cockpit and the nose-mounted engine. It has a two-bladed rotor and a four-bladed propeller. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for the pilot and payload is ., gasoline engine
Specifications (Gyros-1)
See also List of rotorcraft Russian Gyroplanes Gyros-2 Smartflier
References
External links
Official website