Commander Tandem | |
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Role | Autogyro |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Air Command International |
Status | In production (2012) |
Developed from |
Air Command Commander Air Command Commander Tandem |
The Air Command Tandem is an American autogyro designed and produced by Air Command International of Caddo Mills, Texas. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a ready-to-fly aircraft. [1]
The Tandem kit was designed to comply with the US Experimental - Amateur-built rules. It features a single main rotor, a two-place tandem seating open cockpit with a fairing and a windshield, tricycle landing gear and a four-cylinder, air-cooled, four-stroke, 115 hp (86 kW) Subaru EJ22 automotive conversion or 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke aircraft engine in pusher configuration. [1]
The aircraft's 28 ft (8.5 m) diameter Rotordyne rotor has a chord of 8 in (20.3 cm). The Tandem has an empty weight of 489 lb (222 kg) and a gross weight of 908 lb (412 kg), giving a useful load of 418 lb (190 kg). [1]
Data from Bayerl [1]
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