The Cierva C.17 was a British experimental
autogyro built by
Cierva Autogiro Company in England in 1928, in association with
Avro (which designated it their Type 612). It was an attempt to build upon the successful
Cierva C.8 design using the smaller, more streamlined fuselage of an
Avro Avian IIIA as a starting point. The type was found to be underpowered, and when the first attempt at fitting a more powerful engine still did not result in acceptable performance, the design was abandoned.[1]
Variants
C.17
Powered by a 67 kW (90 hp) A.D.C. Cirrus III piston engine.[2]
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