The Gyro-Kopp-Ters Twin Eagle is an American autogyro, designed by Bob and Arden Kopp and produced by their company, Gyro-Kopp-Ters of Lake City, Florida. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 182. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 195. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
Design and development The Twin Eagle features a single main rotor, a two-seats-in tandem open cockpit with a windshield, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a four-cylinder, air-cooled, four-stroke, Subaru EJ-22 automotive conversion engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft mounts a diameter Dragon Wings main rotor made by Rotor Flight Dynamics, with a chord of . Standard equipment fitted includes a hydraulic pre-rotator and dual controls. The propeller used is a four bladed Powerfin composite, ground adjustable type with a diameter. The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of .
The company estimates the assembly time from the supplied kit as 120 hours.
Operational history By November 2017 two examples had been registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration.
Specifications (Twin Eagle)
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