Air & Space 18A “Flymobil” gyroplane | at Naval Air Station Wildwood, New Jersey Aviation Museum

This Air & Space 18A “Flymobil” gyroplane, N6169S, at the Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum AirFest, at the Cape May Airport in New Jersey.
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The 18A is a metal semi-monocoque construction with a tube frame supporting the transmission and engine.
It has an enclosed cockpit with two tandem seats and a fixed tricycle landing gear.
A 180 hp Lycoming O-360-A1D horizontally opposed carbureted engine is fitted behind the cockpit driving a two or three-bladed Hartzell pusher propeller.
A three-bladed fully articulated rotor is mounted above and behind the cockpit. A hydraulically actuated clutch and a transmission are provided to permit the engine to drive the rotor briefly while on the ground to obtain the rotor speed necessary for takeoff.
The clutch is released immediately prior to takeoff, and the rotor is not engine-driven in flight. The rotor can be pre-spun up to 370 rpm on the ground with the blades in flat pitch to store energy for take-off (flight rpm typically being in the low 200s).
When the blades are released to flight pitch the aircraft can perform a "jump" or zero-roll take-off (aircraft load and density altitude permitting) using the excess energy in the blades.
SPECIFICATIONS
Crew: one, pilot
Capacity: one passenger
Length: 19 ft 10 in (6.04 m)
Wingspan: 35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
Height: 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m)
Wing area: 963 sq ft (89.5 m2)
Max takeoff weight: 1,800 lb (816 kg)
Fuel capacity: 27.3 US gallons (108 L)
Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-360-A1D air-cooled flat-four, 180 hp (135 kW)
Performance
Maximum speed: 84 kn (97 mph, 156 km/h)
Cruise speed: 70 kn (80 mph, 129 km/h)
Range: 261 nmi (300 mi, 483 km)
Service ceiling: 12,000 ft (3,660 m)
Rate of climb: 710 ft/min (3.6 m/s)
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