AutoGyro Cavalon - Description; Technical Data; Rotor

Pilot Operating Handbook
Cavalon
SECTION 1
GENERAL
AutoGyro_POH_Cavalon 915iS Revision 1.0 – Issue Date 08.MAY.2019 1-4
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 made of CRP (carbon fibre)
1.8 Technical Data
Length: ...................................................................................................4.73 m
Width: .....................................................................................................1.77 m
Height: ....................................................................................................2.77 m
Empty weight:....................................................................... 300.0 kg (nominal)
(when equipped for night VFR flight) 310.0 kg (nominal)
Payload: ............................................................................... 250.0 kg (nominal)
Take-off weight/mass (max.):................................................................... 560Kg
Fuel tank capacity: ...................................................................................100 ltr
1.9 Rotor
General
Type: ........................................................... 2-bladed, fixed pitch, free to teeter
Material: ............................................... EN AW 6005A T6 aluminium extrusion
Blade profile: ................................................................................. NACA 8H12
Standard Rotor RSII TOPP (blue end cap)
Rotor diameter.......................................................................................... 8.4 m
Rotor disc area .................................................................................... 55.4 sqm
Rotor disc load (at 450.0 kg / 500.0 kg) ........................ 8.1 kg/sqm / 9.0 kg/sqm
Rotor disc load (at 560kg MTOW)................................................... 10.1 kg/sqm
Alternative Rotor
See Supplement 9-9