The EUR65,000 Cavalon side-by-side, fully-enclosed gyrocopter

The newest addition to the gyrocopter genre arrived at Aero Friedrichshafen this week, in the form of a side-by-side, fully-enclosed, composite construction Cavalon gyrocopter for just EUR65,000. The gyrocopter is to the helicopter what the microlight is to traditional small aircraft. Invented in 1923 by Spaniard Juan de la Cierva, the gyrocopter uses quite a different layout to the helicopter to give it stability at low speed. It is cheap to run, takes off and lands on a ridiculously small footprint, and has a powered pusher propeller in addition to an unpowered main rotor.

« Back to The EUR65,000 Cavalon side-by-side, fully-enclosed gyrocopter