ELA 07


The ELA 07 is a series of Spanish autogyros, designed and produced by ELA Aviación of Córdoba, Andalusia. The aircraft are supplied complete and ready to fly.

Design and development

The ELA 07 series features a single main rotor, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit with a windshield, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a four-cylinder, air-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 912S engine in pusher configuration. The turbocharged Rotax 914 powerplant is optional.
The aircraft fuselage is made from TIG welded, CNC laser-cut stainless steel tubing for corrosion resistance. The cockpit fairing is non-structural carbon fibre and resin. Its diameter rotor has a chord of and is mounted to a rotor head made from a combination of stainless steel and 7075 T6 aluminium. The triple tail is also made from carbon fibre and resin. Equipment fitted includes a pre-rotator, pneumatic pitch trim and mechanical roll trim. The Cougar version has an empty weight of and a gross weight of, giving a useful load of. A forward baggage compartment with a volume of is optional.

Operational history

By January 2013 two examples had been registered in the United Kingdom with the Civil Aviation Authority.

Variants

;ELA 07 Agro
;ELA 07 Cougar
;ELA 07S

Specifications (ELA 07 Cougar)