The Apollo Gyro AG1 is a
Hungarian autogyro produced by
Apollo Ultralight Aircraft
Apollo Ultralight Aircraft is a Hungarian aircraft manufacturer based in Eger. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft, gyroplanes and ultralight trikes, in the form of kits for amateur construction and r ...
of
Eger and introduced in 2012. The aircraft is supplied ready-to-fly.
[Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 188. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ]
Design and development
The aircraft features a carriage built on a welded
stainless steel
Stainless steel is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion. It contains at least 11% chromium and may contain elements such as carbon, other nonmetals and metals to obtain other desired properties. Stainless steel's corros ...
frame, with a fiberglass composite streamlined
fairing, dual-controls, a two-seats-in-tandem, open cockpit, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration. The rotor is of
aluminum
Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. It has ...
alloy and includes a pneumatic pre-rotator.
The powerplant options include the four cylinder, liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition
Rotax 912ULS engine, or the turbo-charged
Rotax 914 engine.
Originally an open-cockpit design with dual windshields, in 2013 a
bubble canopy was introduced as an option. It weighs and can be installed in five minutes.
Specifications (AG1)
References
External links
Official website{{Apollo Ultralight Aircraft
Light-sport aircraft
Single-engined pusher aircraft
Apollo Ultralight Aircraft aircraft