Niki Rotor Aviation is a
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
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aircraft manufacturer
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based in
Pravets. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of
autogyro
An autogyro (from Greek and , "self-turning"), gyroscope, gyrocopter or gyroplane, is a class of rotorcraft that uses an unpowered rotor in free autorotation to develop lift. A gyroplane "means a rotorcraft whose rotors are not engine-d ...
s in the form of kits for
amateur construction.
[Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 184. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X]
The company is noted for its elegant, enclosed cockpit designs and its use of US-made
Vortech and
Sport Copter rotor blades.
The
Niki 2004 model was developed into the stretched
Niki 2004M and later into the faster
Niki 2008 and
Niki Apis.
The
Niki Lightning, originally designated as the
Niki 2009, and
Niki Kallithea are
tandem
Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which two or more animals, machines, or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. ''Tandem'' can also be used more generally to refer to any group of persons or objects w ...
two seat models, the Kallithea with a low-mounted tailboom under the propeller and the Lightning with a propeller-hub mounted tailboom.
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Aircraft manufacturers of Bulgaria
Autogyros
Homebuilt aircraft
Bulgarian brands