Adi Sportster

The ADI Sportster is a two-seat gyroplane that has been marketed in plans form for home-building since 1974. It was the first homebuilt gyrocopter design to be able to carry a passenger.

Specifications (ADI Sportster)

General Characteristics

  • Crew: one pilot
  • Capacity: 1 passenger
  • Length: 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
  • Main rotor diameter: 28 ft 0 in (8.54 m)
  • Height: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
  • Main rotor area: 616 ft² (57 m²)
  • Empty: 650 lb (295 kg)
  • Loaded: 1,100 lb (500 kg)
  • Maximum takeoff: lb ( kg)
  • Powerplant: 1x Lycoming O-320, 150 hp (112 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 90 mph (144 km/h)
  • Range: 150 miles (240 km)
  • Service ceiling: 12,000 ft (3,658 m)
  • Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (305 m/min)
  • Wing loading: 1.8 lb/ft² (9 kg/m²)
  • Power/Mass: 0.14 hp/lb (0.22 kW/kg)

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