The Airbet Girabet is a family of Spanish autogyros, designed and produced by Airbet of Barcelona. They are all supplied as complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, pages 175-176. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
Design and development The Girabet family of designs all feature a single main rotor, tricycle landing gear and Rotax two-stroke and four-stroke engines mounted in pusher configuration. The aircraft fuselage is made from curved steel and aluminium tubing and mounts a cruciform tail. All rotor blades and other dynamic components are built by the company in-house. All models fit pre-rotators to shorten take-off distances.
Variants
Girabet Classic Original single seat model, powered by a Rotax 503 twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition powerplant. Its diameter rotor has a chord of . The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . The company also offers a custom-built trailer for ground transportation and home storage. Girabet 582 More powerful single seat model, powered by a Rotax 582 twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition powerplant. Its diameter rotor has a chord of . The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . Take-off roll with the pre-rotator is . Girabet 2 Side-by-side configuration two seat model intended for use as a trainer, powered by a Rotax 912S four cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition powerplant. Its diameter rotor has a chord of . The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . Girabet 2 Sport Side-by-side configuration two seat model intended for use as a cross country aircraft and equipped with a cockpit fairing and windshield. Powered by a Rotax 912S four cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition powerplant, its diameter rotor has a chord of . The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of .
Specifications (Girabet 582)
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