AutoGyro Calidus


The AutoGyro Calidus is a German autogyro, designed and produced by AutoGyro GmbH of Hildesheim. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
The Calidus was approved in the United Kingdom in 2010 in a modified form as the RotorSport UK Calidus.

Design and development

The Calidus features a single main rotor, a two-seats in tandem enclosed cockpit with a complete aerodynamic cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a four-cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 912 engine or turbocharged Rotax 914 engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft fuselage is made from composites and is a faired teardrop shape to ensure smooth airflow over the variable pitch pusher propeller. Its diameter rotor has a chord of. The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of, giving a useful load of. The design incorporates vibration dampers that greatly reduce the level of main rotor vibration transmitted to the cockpit.
The design is noted for both its cruise speed of and range of. It was developed into the side-by-side configuration AutoGyro Cavalon.

Operational history

By December 2012 eight examples had been registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration. Most are in the Experimental - Amateur-built or Experimental - Exhibition categories. Also by December 2012 three examples had been registered with Transport Canada in the Special Certificate of Airworthiness Limited category.

Variants

;AutoGyro Calidus
;RotorSport UK Calidus

Specifications (Calidus)