Cierva C.25
| C.25 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Single-seat autogyro |
| Manufacturer | Comper Aircraft Company Ltd |
| Designer | Nicholas Comper |
| First flight | 1933 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Cierva C.25 was a British 1930s single-seat autogiro produced by Comper Aircraft Company Ltd of Hooton Park, Cheshire.
Design and development
[edit]The sole C.25, based on the airframe of the Comper Swift with modified tailfins and short low-mounted wings, received the civil registration G-ABTO. It was the first autogiro to use the Pobjoy Cataract 7-cylinder geared radial engine.[1][2]
Specifications
[edit]Data from Cierva C.25 Blueprint[3]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 17 ft 8.5 in (5.398 m) fuselage only
- Wingspan: 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) wings only
- Powerplant: 1 × Pobjoy R 7-cylinder geared radial piton engine, 85 hp (63 kW)
- Main rotor diameter: 27 ft (8.2 m)
- Main rotor area: 572.63 sq ft (53.199 m2)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller, 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) diameter
Performance
References
[edit]- ^ Stingray. "Comper-Cierva C.25 / G.31/1 - Stingray's List of Rotorcraft". sites.google.com. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ Riding, Richard (June 1989). "Cierva C.25 - British pre-war lightplanes No 6". Aeroplane Monthly: 374–376.
- ^ Young, Bill. "Cierva C.25 Blueprint". Blueprints.com. Retrieved 5 April 2020.