The Pagotto Brakogyro is a series of Italian autogyros, designed by Enio Pagotto and produced by Carpenterie Pagotto of Pianzano. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 185. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
Design and development The Brakogyro features a single main rotor, an open cockpit with a windshield with two seats in tandem, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a four-cylinder, air- and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 912S engine with a custom-designed turbocharger that produces , mounted in pusher configuration. The turbocharged Rotax 914 powerplant is also available, but at higher cost.
The aircraft fuselage is made from welded stainless steel tubing, with a non-structural composite cockpit fairing. Its diameter Averso rotor has a chord of . The aircraft has a triple tail mounted on the tail boom tube.
Variants Brakogyro GT Model with composite cockpit fairing. The Brakogyro GT has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . NAKEd Open model without the cockpit fairing, but fitted with a single rollbar and skids in front of the main landing gear. The NAKEd has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of , more than the Brakogyro GT.
Specifications (Brakogyro GT)
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