The DTA J-RO () is a French

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designed and produced by

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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 192. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.

Design and development

The J-RO was designed to combine the advantages of an

ultralight trike An ultralight trike is a type of powered hang glider where flight control is by weight-shift. These aircraft have a fabric flex-wing from which is suspended a tricycle fuselage pod driven by a pusher propeller. The pod accommodates either a ...

with an autogyro. As such it is a "Cabriolet" (

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) design whereby the gull-winged doors are removable to allow open air flight in the summertime and an enclosed cockpit for cooler weather. The doors are a factory option and may be purchased and installed later. The design features a single main rotor, a two-seats-in

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configuration enclosed or open cockpit with a windshield,

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with

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

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or turbocharged

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engine in pusher configuration. It has a

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belt-driven pre-rotator for the main rotor. 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 carbon fiber reinforced polymer. 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, passenger and baggage is . In

noise Noise is unwanted sound considered unpleasant, loud or disruptive to hearing. From a physics standpoint, there is no distinction between noise and desired sound, as both are vibrations through a medium, such as air or water. The difference aris ...

testing for acceptance in Switzerland the design produced 62.4 dB. The Swiss testing requires the design produce no more than a maximum of 65 dB for this class of aircraft.

Specifications (J-RO)

References

External links

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Single-engined pusher autogyros 2010s French sport aircraft

Design and development

Specifications (J-RO)

See also

References

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