AutoGyro Cavalon

The Autogyro Cavalon is a German autogyro, designed and produced by AutoGyro GmbH of Hildesheim. It was introduced at the 2011 Aero show in Friedrichshafen. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.^[1]

Cavalon
Role	Autogyro
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	AutoGyro GmbH
Status	In production (2011)
Developed from	AutoGyro Calidus
Variants	AutoGyro eCavalon

AutoGyro Cavalon

Design and development

The Cavalon is a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration development of the tandem-seating AutoGyro Calidus. It features a single main rotor, an enclosed cockpit with a complete aerodynamic cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a four-cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912 engine or turbocharged 115 hp (86 kW) Rotax 914 or 135 hp (101 kW) Rotax 915iS engine in pusher configuration.^[1][2]

The aircraft fuselage is made from composites and is a faired teardrop shape to ensure smooth airflow over the variable pitch pusher propeller. Its 8.4 m (27.6 ft) diameter rotor has a chord of 20 cm (7.9 in). The aircraft has a gross weight of 450 kg (990 lb). The design incorporates vibration dampers that greatly reduce the level of main rotor vibration transmitted to the cockpit.^[1]

The design was developed into the AutoGyro eCavalon electric aircraft in 2013.^[3]

Operational history

By October 2019, 50 examples had been registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration, all of them in the Experimental - Amateur-built category.^[4]

Gendarmerie General Command of Turkey uses a total of 9 units.^[5]

Specifications (Cavalon)

AutoGyro Cavalon

Data from Manufacturer and the World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12^[1][6]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Capacity: 1 passenger
• Length: 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
• Width: 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
• Height: 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
• Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS horizontally opposed four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 75 kW (100 hp)
• Main rotor diameter: 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
• Propellers: 3-bladed composite

Performance

• Maximum speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn)
• Cruise speed: 145 km/h (90 mph, 78 kn)