Rotortec Cloud Dancer I


The Rotortec Cloud Dancer I is a German autogyro, designed and produced by Rotortec of Görisried, Allgäu. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

Design and development

The Cloud Dancer I features a single main rotor, a single-seat enclosed cockpit with a bubble canopy, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a twin cylinder, air-cooled Hirth two stroke engine mounted in pusher configuration. The twin-cylinder air-cooled in-line, two stroke, aircraft engine Hirth 3203 has also been employed.
The aircraft fuselage and tail are made from aluminum and Kevlar composites. Its diameter rotor has a chord of and is equipped with a pre-rotator with an electromagnetic clutch and Cardan drive. Electric trim and an electronic instrument panel are standard equipment. The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of, giving a useful load of.

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