The Dynali Helicopter Company is a

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. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of

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helicopter A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attributes ...

s in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 190. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 206. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. The production plant is located 30 km south of

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, in the Thines district of

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. The company chairman is Thierry Blanchart.

History

The company was founded in the early 1980s as just ''Dynali''. It started as a fixed wing ultralight aircraft builder, constructing over 1000

Dynali Chickinox The Dynali Helicopter Company is a Belgian aircraft manufacturer. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of microlight helicopters in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berk ...

aircraft. As new materials became available, such as

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, the company raised the capital from a shareholder to branch out into helicopter design and the name was changed to the ''Dynali Helicopter Company''. New European microlight helicopter regulations introduced in 2011 allowed production to start and the company produced the H2 and later the H3. The H3 became the sole product in the mid 2010s, superseding the H2 in production. Dynali helicopters have been sold in France and South Korea.

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Dynali: *

Dynali H2S The Dynali H2S is a Belgian helicopter, designed by Jacky Tonet and produced by Dynali of the Thines district of Nivelles. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur constructionBayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et a ...

Dynali H3 The Dynali H3 EasyFlyer, now known as the Sport, is a Belgian helicopter designed and produced by the Dynali of the Thines district of Nivelles. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly-aircraft or as a kit for amateur construction. ...

References

External links

*{{Official website, https://www.dynali.com/ Aircraft manufacturers of Belgium Ultralight aircraft Light-sport aircraft Homebuilt aircraft Companies based in Walloon Brabant Belgian brands