The Guépard II XJ01 () is a

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that was designed by Joel Tilquin and produced by Guépard II Team of

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, first flown on 28 May 2009 at the

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fly-in. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 194. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.

Design and development

The XJ01 is a development of the Guépard AX 02 that was designed by Xavier Averso in the 1980s and first offered as plans in 1987. Tilquin decided not to publish plans and instead offer the updated version as a kit, starting in 2011. The kit provided by Guépard II Team included the

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frame but did not include the rotor system, propeller, engine or instruments. The company seems to have gone out of business at the end of 2015 and kit production ended. The design features a single main rotor, a single-seat open cockpit without a windshield,

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without

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and a twin-cylinder, liquid-cooled,

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, dual-ignition

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engine in

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. The aircraft fuselage is made from bolted-together

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tubing. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of and a chord of . 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 baggage is .

Specifications (XJ01)

References

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External links

Official website archives
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XJ01 2000s Belgian sport aircraft Homebuilt aircraft Single-engined pusher autogyros Aircraft first flown in 2009

Design and development

Specifications (XJ01)

See also

References

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