Pagotto Brakogyro Explained
The
Pagotto Brakogyro is a series of Italian
autogyros, designed by Enio Pagotto and produced by
Carpenterie Pagotto of Pianzano. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
[1] Design and development
The Brakogyro features a single main rotor, an open cockpit with a windshield with two seats in tandem, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a four-cylinder, air- and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 912S engine with a custom-designed turbocharger that produces 1220NaN0, mounted in pusher configuration. The 1150NaN0 turbocharged Rotax 914 powerplant is also available, but at higher cost.
The aircraft fuselage is made from welded stainless steel tubing, with a non-structural composite cockpit fairing. Its 8.531NaN1 diameter Averso rotor has a chord of 21.31NaN1. The aircraft has a triple tail mounted on the tail boom tube.
Variants
- Brakogyro GT
Model with composite cockpit fairing. The Brakogyro GT has an empty weight of 2650NaN0 and a gross weight of 4500NaN0, giving a useful load of 1850NaN0.
- NAKEd
Open model without the cockpit fairing, but fitted with a single rollbar and skids in front of the main landing gear. The NAKEd has an empty weight of 2480NaN0 and a gross weight of 4500NaN0, giving a useful load of 2020NaN0, 170NaN0 more than the Brakogyro GT.Notes and References
- Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 185. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
