Magni M14 Scout / VPM M-14 Scout

Nearly identical, performance-wise, to the M-16 is the sporty M-14 model. More compact, the M-14 delivers the utility of tandem seating with aerodynamic performance. It has a slightly higher useful load of 648 pounds, versus the M-16‘s 617 pounds and retains a lot of the standard features, such as electric trim.

Streamlined composite and 4130 steel airframe, including wheel pants, spring landing gear, prerotator, fin/rudder with two outrigger tail fins. Sold as Kit or Fully-Assembled.

The Scout 2000 millennium model of the M-14 was standard with electric trim, Flydat or EIS engine monitor, altimeter, airspeed indicator, rotor tachometer, prerotator, rotor brake, wheel brakes, landing light, and wheel pants.

Two different engines were available: Rotax 914 turbo (115hp) or Rotax 912 ULS (100hp). With the Rotax 912 ULS, carburetor heat and temperature gauge is standard.
The M14 Scout, with compact seating and aerodynamic design, afford good performance and two-seat. The M14 is Magni’s sporting model, but two seats.

M-14 Scout
Engine: 120 hp Arrow 1000cc.
Prop: 67” VPM composite, 3 blade ground adjustable.
Rotor blades: 27’ or 28’ x 8.7” VPM composite.
Min speed: 20 mph.
Cruise: 80 mph.
Top speed: 100 mph.
Gross wt: 1432 lbs.
Width: 5’3”.
Height: 8’2”.
Length: 13’.

M-14 Scout
Engines: 115 hp Rotax 914, 100 hp Rotax 912ULS
Propeller: 67″ VPM composite, 3-blade ground adjustable
Rotor Blades: 27′ composite (fiberglass and carbon fiber)
Min Speed 20 mph
Cruise 90 mph
Top Speed 115 mph
Empty Weight 547 lbs / 538 lbs
Useful Load 665 lbs / 674 lbs
Gross Weight 1,212 lbs
Width 5’11”
Height 8’2″
Length 12’11”

Magni M-14 Scout 2000
Rotor diameter: 8.23m
Overall length: 3.95m
Overall width: 1.80m
Overall height: 2.50m
Propeller diameter: 1.70m
Weight empty: 248kg
Max take-off weight: 550kg
Max level speed: 185km/h
Cruising speed: 145km/h
Rate of climb at sea level: 5m/s
Service ceiling: 3500m
Take-off run: 70m
Landing run: 0-30m
Range, no reserves: 305km
Endurance: 2.1 hr

Magni M-13 Duck / VPM M-13 Duck

A single seat partially enclosed autogyro. Composite and aluminium airframe, stream lined including wheel pants. Spring landing gear, pre-rotator, fin-rudder with two out rigger tail fins.

Engine: 65 hp Arrow 500cc.
Prop: 65” VPM composite, 3 blade ground adjustable.
Rotor blades: 24’ x 8.7” VPM composite.
Min speed: 20 mph.
Cruise: 80 mph.
Top speed: 95 mph.
Empty wt: 353 lbs.
Useful load: 308 lbs.
Gross wt: 661 lbs.
Width: 5’3”.
Height: 6’5”.
Length: 11’6”.

Magni MT-7 / VPM S-2

In 1980 Vittorio Magni of Italy had designed a new, two-seat autogyro with a 150 hp Lycoming engine. The machine got the project name MT-7 (Magni-Tervamaki). Vittorio later redesignated the machine as VPM S-2.

The calculations and general design blueprints were delivered to Vittorio, who was responsible for all the detail design. He also built the machine together with his son. The machine was completed in 1985, and it also flew well.

Some years later the machine was lost in an accident in France. The control rods had been bent in road transport by a truck.

Magni continued the development of autogyros and has designed a series of gyros which all seem to have the rotor head and blade design of JT-5 and MT-7.

Mad Max Aero Mad Max

Audaciously coloured, the bold-looking Mad Max is aptly named. The “Max” in its namesake also stands for its award-winning designer, Maxie Wildes. The Max now comes in single- or double-seat capacities and the opened-frame gyro cruises at 60 mph and reaches 80 mph. Kits for the Mad Max 2001: $19,000.

Engine: 76-165 hp Subaru.
Prop: Up to 72” Warp Drive.
Rotor blades: Up to 30’ Sky Wheels.
Min speed: 25 mph.
Cruise: 60 mph.
Top speed: 80 mph.
Empty wt: 625 lbs.
Useful load: 375 lbs.
Gross wt: 1000 lbs.
Height: 7’10”.

Lovegrove

1983: Peter Lovegrove, 1 Beaufort Close, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX118TS, Great Britain.
Peter Lovegrove, who is technical editor of the British Microlight Aircraft Association’s magazine Flightline, has been an aviation enthusiast for many years but the Cloudhopper is his first micro light, his previous aircraft having been largely gyroplanes.

Little Wing Autogyros Two Place

Trans-continental record holder.
Info package: $5 Video: $10 Postage $2.00
Pre-Welded Airframe: $3,500 Plans: $175 in 2009

Two-seat enclosed tractor autogyro
Engines: Hirth F-30 110 hp; Rotax; 912S-100 hp, 914-115 hp; Rotec Radial 110hp
Propeller: Warp Drive, Prince, Sterba 76″
Rotor Blades: 27′-29′ Dragon Wings
Specifications:
Min Speed 20 mph
Cruise 70 mph
Top Speed 90 mph
Empty Weight 450-600 lbs
Useful Load 500 lbs
Gross Weight 1,100 lbs
Width 7′
Height 9′
Length 16′ – LW-5, 18′ – LW-4
Seating is tandem (solo from rear).

Main Rotor: 23 to 27 feet
Blade Chord: 7 inches
Length Overall: (rotor turning) 23-27 feet
Length of Aircraft without Rotor installed: 18 feet (16 feet, short-versions)
Wheel Track: 7 feet
Wheel Base: 13 feet – (11.5 feet, short-versions)
Landing Gear: Conventional (tailgear)
Overall Height: 8.5 feet
Cabin Width: 26 inches
Cabin Height: 42 inches
Cabin Length: 75 inches (2-place)
Baggage: Small shelf aft seat(s) 10 lbs. max.
Rotor Disc Area: 415 Sq. feet (23 ft.) / 573 Sq. feet (27 ft.)
Disc Loading (@ gross wt.): 1.9 lb./sq.ft., 2-place (27 ft.)
Tailplane Area:
Vertical Fin: 4.52 Sq. feet
Tip Shields: (2) 1.59 Sq. feet each
Rudder: 3.3 Sq. feet
Rotor/horizontal tail volume ratio: 22% for long frame / 14.9% for short frame.
Empty Weight: 451 lbs. w/ Hirth F-30 (two-stroke powered) / 520 lbs. w/ Rotax 914 (four-stroke powered)
Gross Weight: 1100 lbs.
Fuel Capacity: 13.5 US gal.
Cruise Speed: 65 – 75 mph
Minimum Speed: 15 – 20 mph
Landing Speed: 10 – 15 mph
Takeoff distance: 100-750 ft
Landing Roll: 0-25 ft.
Two-Place seating: Tandem, solo from rear seat w/ fully dual controls.
Construction: Welded SAE 4130 steel tubing, Dacron fabric covering.

Little Wing Autogyros Roto-Pup

A single seat enclosed tractor gyrocopter.

Top speed: 80 mph
Cruise: 60 mph
Range: 100 sm
Rate of climb: 1000 fpm
Takeoff dist: 200 ft
Landing dist: 50 ft
Engine: 2si, 70 hp
hp range: 50-100
Fuel capacity: 10 USG
Empty weight: 450 lb
Gross weight: 750 lb
Height: 8.5 ft
Length: 18 ft
Disk span: 23 ft
Disk area: 415 sq.ft
Seats: 1

E Model
Engine: 70 hp TEC 4 cycle.
Prop: Pop’s Props 62×28.
Min speed: 15 mph.
Cruise: 70 mph.
Top speed: 85 mph.
Empty wt: 300-350 lbs.
Useful load: 300 lbs.
Gross wt: 650 lbs.
Width: 7’.
Height: 8’6”.
Length: 16’6”.

U Model
Engine: 72 hp McCulloch.
HP range: 50-100.
Prop: Tennessee 52×26.
Speed max: 70 mph.
Cruise: 55 mph.
Range: 50 sm.
ROC: 1000 fpm.
Take-off dist: 200 ft.
Landing dist: 50 ft.
Fuel cap: 5 USG.
Weight empty: 251 lbs.
Gross: 551 lbs.
Height: 8.5 ft.
Length: 18 ft.
Disk span: 23 ft.
Disk area: 411.8 sq.ft.
Seats: 1.
Landing gear: nose wheel.