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The Sport Copter 2 is an American two-seat
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 ...
designed and built by
Sport Copter of
Scappoose, Oregon
Scappoose is a city in Columbia County, Oregon, United States. It was named for a nearby stream, which drains the southern part of the county. The name "Scappoose" is of Native American origin, and is said to mean "gravelly plain." . Made of bolted dural tubes and a carbon fiber shell, the Sport Copter 2 is a fully enclosed autogyro with removable doors and side-by-side seating for two. The prototype was powered by a
Subaru
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2.2-litre 4-cylinder engine, but was subsequently upgraded to the
Lycoming IO360. The Lycoming
IO320 may also be fitted.
The Sport Copter 2 may be configured as either a standard category autogyro, requiring a pilot's license and FAA medical, or it may be configured with a smaller engine (IO320) and fixed-pitch propeller for operation under Light Sport rules.
The Sport Copter 2 is currently classified as an experimental aircraft, and is available in kit form. The design may be certified at an unspecified date in the future, pending availability of funds.
Originally under development in the late 1990s as a
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 ...
-seat aircraft, the company reported three kits had been delivered by 1998.
[Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 358. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ]
As of May 2012, the design was being finalized for production.
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2000s United States civil utility aircraft
Single-engined pusher autogyros