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The Little Wing Roto-Pup is an American autogyro that was designed and produced by Little Wing Autogyros, Inc. of Mayflower, Arkansas, introduced in the 1990s. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.〔Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 326. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1〕〔Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page F-5. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-9680628-1-4〕 ==Design and development== The Roto-Pup was designed to comply with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of . The aircraft has a standard empty weight of . It features a single main rotor, a single-seat open cockpit with a windshield and conventional landing gear without wheel pants. The acceptable power range is and the standard engine used is a twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, single-ignition 2si 460 engine in tractor configuration.〔〔 The aircraft fuselage is made from welded 4130 steel tubing and is based on the Preceptor Ultra Pup airframe. The airframe may be covered with dope and fabric or left uncovered. To meet the FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles empty weight, the frame is required to be left uncovered, but this does not affect aircraft handling. The cockpit width is .〔〔 The Roto-Pup's 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 . With full fuel of the payload for the pilot and baggage is .〔〔 The aircraft uses an unusual control system, common to all the Little Wing Autogyros and designed by David Kay in the early 1930s. It uses a mast that is fixed fore-and-aft, but which pivots laterally for banking the aircraft. Longitudinal control is achieved by an elevator and horizontal stabilizer system, designed to eliminate power-induced bunting "push-over" accidents.〔 The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a engine is and the landing roll is .〔 The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 200 hours.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Little Wing Roto-Pup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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