The Hungaro Copter is a Hungarian

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produced by Hungaro Copter Limited of

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, an affiliate of the Steel Riders Limited company. The lead engineer for the design was Farkas Gábor. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 208. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.

Design and development

The aircraft was designed to comply with the European microlight aircraft rules. It features a single main rotor and tail rotor, a single-seat enclosed cockpit with a fairing, or an open cockpit without a windshield,

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and a four-cylinder,

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powerplant has also been used. The aircraft

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is made from welded steel tubing. Its 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 . The construction time from the supplied kit is estimated as 300 hours.

Specifications (Hungaro Copter)

References

External links

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Design and development

Specifications (Hungaro Copter)

See also

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