AUTO GYRO CAVALON - Description; Technical Data; Rotor

Flight Manual
Cavalon
SECTION
1
GENERAL
RSUK0287_POH_Cavalon Revision 3.0, Issue Date 06.04.16 1-5
1.7 Description
General Characteristics
 Gyroplane with nose gear wheel chassis
 Aircraft structure is a GRP/CRP monocoque
 Two-seat side-by-side configuration (monocoque design)
 Main landing gear with GRP (glass fibre reinforced plastic) spring spar and
hydraulic disc brakes
 Extruded aluminium rotor
 Rotor head controlled with push-pull control cables
 Rudder controlled with cables
 Rudder and stabilizer surfaces are manufactured in CRP
1.8 Technical Data
Length: ................................................................................................... 4.75 m
Width: .................................................................................................... 1.75 m
Height: ................................................................................................... 2.82 m
Empty weight: ....................................................................... 290.0 kg (nominal)
Payload:................................................................................ 210.0 kg (nominal)
Take-off weight/mass (max.): ............................................................... 500.0 kg
Fuel tank capacity: .................................................................................. 100 ltr
If MC-281 “Cavalon upgrade to 560kg MTOW”embodied then the following apply:
Empty weight: ....................................................................... 290.0 kg (nominal)
Payload:................................................................................ 270.0 kg (nominal)
Take-off weight/mass (max.): ............................................................... 560.0 kg
1.9 Rotor
General (RSII RAO (red end cap) or RSII TOPP (Blue end cap))
Type: ...........................................................2-bladed, fixed pitch, free to teeter
Material: ................................................ EN AW 6005A T6 aluminium extrusion
Blade profile: ..................................................................................NACA 8H12
Rotor diameter .......................................................................................... 8.4 m
Rotor disc area ....................................................................................55.4 sqm
Rotor disc load (at 500kg MTOW).....................................................8.1 kg/sqm
Rotor disc load (at 560kg MTOW).....................................................9.1 kg/sqm