The Pagotto Brakogyro is a series of
Italian autogyros, designed by Enio Pagotto and produced by
Carpenterie Pagotto of
Pianzano. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
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Design and development
The Brakogyro features a single main rotor, an open cockpit with a windshield with two seats in
tandem,
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
wheel pants and a four-cylinder, air- and liquid-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 directio ...
,
dual-ignition 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, later ...
engine with a custom-designed
turbocharger
In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (often called a turbo) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases. It uses this energy to compress the intake gas, forcing more air into the engine in order to pro ...
that produces , mounted in
pusher configuration
In an aircraft with a pusher configuration (as opposed to a tractor configuration), the propeller(s) are mounted behind their respective engine(s). Since a pusher propeller is mounted behind the engine, the drive shaft is in compression in nor ...
. The turbocharged
Rotax 914 powerplant is also available, but at higher cost.
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 aircraft t ...
is made from welded
stainless steel
Stainless steel is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion. It contains at least 11% chromium and may contain elements such as carbon, other nonmetals and metals to obtain other desired properties. Stainless steel's corros ...
tubing, with a non-structural composite
cockpit fairing
An aircraft fairing is a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline and reduce drag.Crane, Dale: ''Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, Third Edition'', page 206. Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc, Newcastle Washington, 1997. ...
. Its diameter Averso rotor has a chord of . The aircraft has a triple tail mounted on the tail boom tube.
Variants
;Brakogyro GT
:Model with composite cockpit fairing. The Brakogyro GT has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of .
;NAKEd
:Open model without the cockpit fairing, but fitted with a single rollbar and skids in front of the main landing gear. The NAKEd has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of , more than the Brakogyro GT.
Specifications (Brakogyro GT)
References
External links
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2000s Italian sport aircraft
Single-engined pusher autogyros