The Commander Sport was designed to comply with the US Experimental - Amateur-built aircraft rules. It features a single main rotor, a single-seat open cockpit with a small cockpit fairing with a windshield, tricycle landing gear with a steerable nose wheel and wheel pants, plus a tail caster. The standard engine supplied was the twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 engine in pusher configuration. The 50 hp (37 kW) Rotax 503 and 40 hp (30 kW) Rotax 447 engines were factory options.[1]
The aircraft fuselage is made from metal tubing, while the fairing is fiberglass. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of 23.00 ft (7.0 m). The aircraft has a typical empty weight of 275 lb (125 kg) and a gross weight of 750 lb (340 kg), giving a useful load of 475 lb (215 kg). With full fuel of 9 U.S. gallons (34 L; 7.5 imp gal) the payload for the pilot and baggage is 421 lb (191 kg).[1]
The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a 64 hp (48 kW) engine is 100 ft (30 m) and the landing roll is 5 ft (2 m).[1]
Original factory kit options were a pre-rotator, cockpit fairing, wheels pants and long range fuel tank. The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 30 hours and put completion time as 3–4 days work.[1]
^ abcdefPurdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 316. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN0-9636409-4-1
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January 01, 1970
command, commander, sport, american, autogyro, that, designed, produced, command, international, wylie, texas, production, when, available, aircraft, supplied, amateur, construction, commander, sport, role, autogyro, national, origin, united, states, manufactu. The Air Command Commander Sport is an American autogyro that was designed and produced by Air Command International of Wylie Texas Now out of production when it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction 1 Commander Sport Role Autogyro National origin United States Manufacturer Air Command International Status Production completed Number built At least one Developed from Air Command Commander Contents 1 Design and development 2 Specifications Commander Sport 3 References 4 External linksDesign and development editThe Commander Sport was designed to comply with the US Experimental Amateur built aircraft rules It features a single main rotor a single seat open cockpit with a small cockpit fairing with a windshield tricycle landing gear with a steerable nose wheel and wheel pants plus a tail caster The standard engine supplied was the twin cylinder liquid cooled two stroke dual ignition 64 hp 48 kW Rotax 582 engine in pusher configuration The 50 hp 37 kW Rotax 503 and 40 hp 30 kW Rotax 447 engines were factory options 1 The aircraft fuselage is made from metal tubing while the fairing is fiberglass Its two bladed rotor has a diameter of 23 00 ft 7 0 m The aircraft has a typical empty weight of 275 lb 125 kg and a gross weight of 750 lb 340 kg giving a useful load of 475 lb 215 kg With full fuel of 9 U S gallons 34 L 7 5 imp gal the payload for the pilot and baggage is 421 lb 191 kg 1 The standard day sea level no wind take off with a 64 hp 48 kW engine is 100 ft 30 m and the landing roll is 5 ft 2 m 1 Original factory kit options were a pre rotator cockpit fairing wheels pants and long range fuel tank The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 30 hours and put completion time as 3 4 days work 1 Specifications Commander Sport editData from Purdy 1 General characteristicsCrew one Length 10 66 ft 3 25 m Empty weight 275 lb 125 kg Gross weight 750 lb 340 kg Fuel capacity 9 U S gallons 34 L 7 5 imp gal Powerplant 1 Rotax 582 twin cylinder liquid cooled four stroke aircraft engine 64 hp 48 kW Main rotor diameter 23 00 ft 7 01 m Main rotor area 415 sq ft 38 6 m2 Propellers 3 bladed ground adjustable composite Performance Maximum speed 95 mph 153 km h 83 kn Cruise speed 65 mph 105 km h 56 kn Service ceiling 15 000 ft 4 600 m Rate of climb 1 200 ft min 6 1 m s Disk loading 1 80 lb sq ft 8 8 kg m2 References edit a b c d e f Purdy Don AeroCrafter Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook Fifth Edition page 316 BAI Communications 15 July 1998 ISBN 0 9636409 4 1External links editPhoto of an Air Command Commander Sport Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Air Command Commander Sport amp oldid 950309643, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
