Trixy Princess
The Trixy Princess is an Austrian autogyro designed and produced by Trixy [Aviation Products] of Dornbirn. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.
Design and development
The Princess was derived from the Trixy G 4-2 R. It features a single main rotor, a two-seats-in tandem enclosed cockpit, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants, plus a tail caster and a four-cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke Rotax 912 twin-cylinder or Trixy 912 Ti engine in pusher configuration. A Mitsubishi turbocharged engine of is also available. The Mitsubishi powerplant includes a main rotor prerotator capable of producing 280 rpm for takeoff, reducing the takeoff roll.The aircraft fuselage is made from composites. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of, giving a useful load of. With full fuel of the payload for the pilot, passenger and baggage is.
Unlike many other autogyro builders Trixy Aviation uses a swash plate in its rotor head designs, rather than a tilt head. This makes the design more sensitive to fly and requires special type training.