'BGL Four-Runner' Prototype Single-Seat Gyroplane

'BGL Four-Runner' Prototype Single-Seat Gyroplane

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British Gyroplanes Limited "BGL four-runner" prototype single-seat gyroplane, made by Peter Lovegrove, first registration 1998, a powered tractor-mode autogyro powered by a Rotax two-stroke 503cc capacity engine mounted forward, friving a GSC Tech III three-bladed propeller, with Rotodyne two-bladed teetering rotor, registration G-BXXR.

Details

Category:
Aeronautics
Object Number:
2009-143
Materials:
metal (unknown), plastic (unidentified) and wood (unidentified)
Measurements:
overall: 2760 mm x 1780 mm x 6850 mm,
rotar: 2140 mm x 1525 mm x 2450 mm, 6710 mm, 160 kg
type:
gyroplane
credit:
Eur Ing Peter C Lovegrove