The Russian Gyroplanes Gyros-1 Farmer is a Russian

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of unconventional layout, designed and produced by Russian Gyroplanes of

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. 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 Aerial application, or crop dusting, involves spraying crops with crop protection products from an agricultural aircraft. Planting certain types of seed are also included in aerial application. The specific spreading of fertilizer is also known a ...

, courier, forestry patrol,

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and geological survey. It features a single main rotor, a single-seat enclosed cockpit accessed by a door,

tricycle landing gear Tricycle gear is a type of aircraft undercarriage, or ''landing gear'', that is arranged in a tricycle fashion. The tricycle arrangement has one or more nose wheels in a single front undercarriage and two or more main wheels slightly aft of th ...

with additional tailwheel and a 4-blade traction propeller. It is powered by a

six-cylinder A straight-six engine (also referred to as an inline-six engine; abbreviated I6 or L6) is a piston engine with six cylinders arranged in a straight line along the crankshaft. A straight-six engine has perfect primary and secondary engine balanc ...

four-stroke A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft. A stroke refers to the full travel of the piston along the cylinder, in either directio ...

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converted

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gasoline engine. The aircraft also fits an optional Racket 120 single-cylinder,

two-stroke A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes of the piston, one up and one down, in one revolution of the crankshaft in contrast to a four-stroke engine which re ...

auxiliary engine for running the agricultural equipment, when installed. The aircraft

fuselage The fuselage (; from the French language, French ''fuselé'' "spindle-shaped") is an aircraft's main body section. It holds Aircrew, crew, passengers, or cargo. In single-engine aircraft, it will usually contain an Aircraft engine, engine as wel ...

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)

References

External links

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Gyros-1 2000s Russian civil utility aircraft Single-engined tractor autogyros Twin-tail aircraft

Design and development

Specifications (Gyros-1)

See also

References

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