The Hungaro Copter is a Hungarian helicopter produced by Hungaro Copter Limited of Verpelét, an affiliate of the Steel Riders Limited company. The lead engineer for the design was Farkas Gábor. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 208. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
Design and development The aircraft was designed to comply with the European microlight aircraft rules. It features a single main rotor and tail rotor, a single-seat enclosed cockpit with a fairing, or an open cockpit without a windshield, skid landing gear and a four-cylinder, four stroke Subaru EJ22 or Subaru EJ25 automotive conversion engine. The six-cylinder D-Motor LF39 powerplant has also been used.
The aircraft fuselage is made from welded steel tubing. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of . The aircraft has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of .
The construction time from the supplied kit is estimated as 300 hours.
Specifications (Hungaro Copter)
See also List of rotorcraft
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