ShadowHawk | |
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Role | Autogyro |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Groen Aeronautics |
Status | Development ended (after 2015) |
Number built | none |
The Groen ShadowHawk was a proposed American autogyro that was under development in the mid-2010s by Groen Aeronautics of Midvale, Utah for the surveillance role. The aircraft was intended to be supplied complete and ready-to-fly. [1]
Active in 2015, by November 2017 the project's webpage had been taken down and development has probably ended. [1] [2]
The ShadowHawk was based upon the earlier Groen Hawk 4 and its successful employment in the surveillance role at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. [1]
The design was to feature a single main rotor, a two-seats-in side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit with a bubble canopy, tricycle landing gear, plus dual tail casters and pusher configuration engine. The design includes a two-bladed rotor and a four-bladed pusher propeller. [1]
Data from Tacke [1]
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