The Russian Gyroplanes Gyros-2 Smartflier is a Russian

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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 199. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.

Design and development

The Gyros-2 was designed for a variety of roles, 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,

search and rescue Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search ...

, geological survey,

air taxi An air taxi is a small commercial aircraft that makes short flights on demand. History The concept of air taxis existed as early as the 1910s. This concept goes back as early as 1917 with Glenn Curtiss’ prototype, the auto-plane. Furthermor ...

and

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. It features a single main rotor, a two seats in

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enclosed cockpit accessed by doors,

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 ...

, plus a tailwheel and a Mistral 200 engine in

tractor configuration In aviation, a tractor configuration is a propeller-driven fixed-wing aircraft with its engine mounted with the propeller in front, so that the aircraft is "pulled" through the air. This is the usual configuration; the pusher configuration ...

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

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auxiliary engine for running the agricultural equipment, when it is installed. The aircraft has a two-bladed rotor and a three or six-bladed tractor 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 .

Specifications (Gyros-2)

References

External links

{{Commons category, Giros-2
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Gyros-2 2000s Russian civil utility aircraft Single-engined tractor autogyros Twin-tail aircraft

Design and development

Specifications (Gyros-2)

See also

References

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