ADI Sportster

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The ADI Sportster is a two-seat gyroplane that has been marketed in plans form for home-building since 1974. It was the first homebuilt gyrocopter design to be able to carry a passenger.

[edit] Specifications

General characteristics

Crew: one pilot
Capacity: 1 passenger
Length: 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Wingspan: ()
Height: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
Empty weight: 650 lb (295 kg)
Loaded weight: 1,100 lb (500 kg)
Powerplant: 1× Lycoming O-320 air-cooled 4-cylinder engine, 150 hp (112 kW)
Main rotor diameter: 28 ft 0 in (8.54 m)
Main rotor area: 616 ft² (57 m²)

Performance

Maximum speed: 90 mph (144 km/h)
Range: 150 miles (240 km)
Service ceiling 12,000 ft (3,658 m)
Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (305 m/min)
Wing loading: 1.8 lb/ft² (9 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.14 hp/lb (220 W/kg)

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