The Trixy Princess is an

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designed and produced by Trixy Aviation Products of

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. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 200. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.

Design and development

The Princess was derived from the Trixy G 4-2 R. It features a single main rotor, a two-seats-in

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enclosed cockpit,

tricycle landing gear Tricycle gear is a type of aircraft undercarriage, or ''landing gear'', arranged in a tricycle fashion. The tricycle arrangement has a single nose wheel in the front, and two or more main wheels slightly aft of the center of gravity. Tricycle g ...

with

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, plus a tail

caster A caster (or castor) is an undriven wheel that is designed to be attached to the bottom of a larger object (the "vehicle") to enable that object to be moved. Casters are used in numerous applications, including shopping carts, office chairs, ...

and a four-cylinder, liquid and air-cooled,

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Rotax 912 twin-cylinder or Trixy 912 Ti engine in pusher configuration. A Mitsubishi turbocharged engine of is also available. The Mitsubishi powerplant includes a main rotor prerotator capable of producing 280 rpm for takeoff, reducing the takeoff roll. The aircraft

fuselage The fuselage (; from the French ''fuselé'' "spindle-shaped") is an aircraft's main body section. It holds crew, passengers, or cargo. In single-engine aircraft, it will usually contain an engine as well, although in some amphibious aircraf ...

is made from composites. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter 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, passenger and baggage is . Unlike many other autogyro builders Trixy Aviation uses a swash plate in its rotor head designs, rather than a tilt head. This makes the design more sensitive to fly and requires special type training.

Specifications (Princess)

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* {{Trixy aircraft

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2010s Austrian sport aircraft Single-engined pusher autogyros

Design and development

Specifications (Princess)

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