The Celier Xenon 4 (also referred to by the manufacturer as the Xenon IV) is a Maltese

autogyro An autogyro (from Greek and , "self-turning"), also known as a ''gyroplane'', is a type of rotorcraft that uses an unpowered rotor in free autorotation to develop lift. Forward thrust is provided independently, by an engine-driven propeller. Whi ...

Celier Aviation Celier Aviation is an aircraft manufacturer, founded by Raphael Celier in France in 1993. The company was moved to Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland in 2006 and Safi, Malta in 2017. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of autogyros a ...

Safi, Malta Safi ( mt, Ħal Safi) is a village in the Southern Region, Malta, Southern Region of Malta, bordering Żurrieq and Kirkop. It has a population of 2,126 people as of March 2014. The formation of the village, as known today, goes back Ta' Ġawhar ...

. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 191. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.

Design and development

The Xenon 4 is a development of the

Celier Xenon 2 The Celier Xenon 2 (also referred to by the manufacturer as the Xenon II) is a series of Poland, Polish autogyros that was designed by Frenchman Raphael Celier and produced by his company, Celier Aviation of Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. The a ...

and Celier Xenon 3, with a newly designed fuselage and longer tailboom. It features a single main rotor, a two-seats-in

side-by-side configuration Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...

enclosed cockpit, with some models offering a third seat. It has

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 ...

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

four stroke A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft. A stroke refers to the full travel of the piston along the cylinder, in either directi ...

turbocharged Rotax 912 engine in pusher configuration. The

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 a

monocoque Monocoque ( ), also called structural skin, is a structural system in which loads are supported by an object's external skin, in a manner similar to an egg shell. The word ''monocoque'' is a French term for "single shell". First used for boats, ...

made from carbon fiber reinforced polymer and features a cabin internal width of . The two-bladed rotor has a diameter of and a chord of . The aircraft has a typical empty weight of and a maximum gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for the pilot, passengers and baggage is .

Variants

;Xenon 4 Sport :Entry level civil model with two seats in side-by-side configuration and powered by a

Rotax 912S The Rotax 912 is a horizontally-opposed four-cylinder, naturally aspirated, four-stroke aircraft engine with a reduction gearbox. It features liquid-cooled cylinder heads and air-cooled cylinders. Originally equipped with carburetors, ...

engine. ;Xenon 4 XL :Mid level civil model with three seats in 1-2 configuration and powered by a

Rotax 912 ULS The Rotax 912 is a horizontally-opposed four-cylinder, naturally aspirated, four-stroke aircraft engine with a reduction gearbox. It features liquid-cooled cylinder heads and air-cooled cylinders. Originally equipped with carburetors, l ...

-T engine. ;Xenon 4 Executive :Top level civil model with three seats in 1-2 configuration and powered by a

-T engine. ;Xenon 4 Geo :Civil model equipped for the land survey and

aerial photography Aerial photography (or airborne imagery) is the taking of photographs from an aircraft or other airborne platforms. When taking motion pictures, it is also known as aerial videography. Platforms for aerial photography include fixed-wing airc ...

roles, intended for the construction, mining and survey industries. ;CA-22 :Military model for

medevac Medical evacuation, often shortened to medevac or medivac, is the timely and efficient movement and en route care provided by medical personnel to wounded being evacuated from a battlefield, to injured patients being evacuated from the scene of a ...

and other military roles. It is powered by a

-T engine. ;C-22 VIP :Civil model for

VIP A very important person or personage (VIP or V.I.P.) is a person who is accorded special privileges due to their high social status, influence or importance. The term was not common until sometime after World War 2 by RAF pilots. Examples inc ...

transport.

Specifications (Xenon 4 Executive)

References

External links

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Design and development

Variants

Specifications (Xenon 4 Executive)

See also

References

External links