Little Wing Autogyro


The Little Wing Autogyro is a series of conventional one and two place autogyros with a tractor engine layout using modern engines and produced by Little [Wing Autogyros, Inc.] of Mayflower, Arkansas.

Development

Ron Herron was concerned about the problem of pushover fatalities in pusher gyrocopters. He set to develop a tractor layout gyrocopter that also met the FAA rules for ultralight aircraft. A Prototype LW-1 powered by a Continental O-200 engine was soon followed on by the LW-2. The design was influenced by Juan [de la Cierva]'s autogyros.

Operational history

Andy Keech set 29 world records in an LW-5 Autogyro.

Variants

;LW-1
;LW-2
;LW-3
;LW-4
;LW-5
;Roto-Pup

Aircraft on display