The Explorer I is no longer available as the company has moved to develop the two-seat Raven Rotor-Plane.[2]
The Explorer I was designed as a low-cost utilitarian autogyro. It complies with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of 2540NaN0. The aircraft has a standard empty weight of 2540NaN0. It features a single main rotor, a single-seat open cockpit without a windshield and conventional landing gear. A cockpit fairing was a factory option. The acceptable power range is 45to and the standard engine used is the twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, single-ignition 450NaN0 2si 460 engine in tractor configuration. The cabin width is 280NaN0.
The aircraft fuselage is made from a combination of welded 4130 steel tube and bolted-together aluminum tubing. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of 231NaN1. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of 254lb and a gross weight of 564lb, giving a useful load of 310lb. With full fuel of the payload for the pilot and baggage is 280lb.
The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a 450NaN0 engine is 2500NaN0 and the landing roll is 500NaN0.
The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 100 hours.
