Sport Copter Vortex/Lightning

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Single seat autogyro. Includes the variant M912 designed for mustering.

Lift type

Autogyro

Assembly

Kit-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Piston

Application

Agricultural, Ultralight

Design & construction

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Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Steel tube

Landing gear

Fixed tricycle

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

None

Avionics architecture

Analogue

Configuration & certification

Certification

Experimental-LSA

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Notes
Sport Copter Vortex	2016 / 2016	Single-place gyroplane aircraft.
Sport Copter Lightning	2017 / 2017	Upgraded version of Vortex.
Sport Copter Vortex M912	2018 / 2018	Re-engineering version capable of rough-field flying for mustering cattle, includes longer tail boom, larger stabiliser and high performance suspension system.

Airframer

Sport Copter Inc.

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