__NOTOC__ The Kharkov KhAI-24 was a 1960s Soviet two-seat autogyro designed by the

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Design and development

The KhAI-24 was designed by students of the

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Ministry for the Energy Industry competition for a light autogyro for power cable inspection.Namcek 1986, pp. 382-383 The two-seat autogyro had an enclosed cabin and a tricycle landing gear, it was powered by a

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driving a tractor configuration two-bladed propeller. A three-bladed rotor was fitted above the cabin. A full-scale model was displayed in 1966 in Moscow and the autogyro was tested in 1967 but nothing else is known.

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* 1960s Soviet civil utility aircraft Kharkiv Aviation Institute aircraft Single-engined tractor autogyros {{aero-1960s-stub