Air Command Commander Sport
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The Air Command Commander Sport is an American autogyro that was designed and produced by Air Command International of Wylie, Texas. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 316. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}
Design and development
The Commander Sport was designed to comply with the US Experimental - Amateur-built aircraft rules. It features a single main rotor, a single-seat open cockpit with a small cockpit fairing with a windshield, tricycle landing gear with a steerable nose wheel and wheel pants, plus a tail caster. The standard engine supplied was the twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition {{convert|64|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 582 engine in pusher configuration. The {{convert|50|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 503 and {{convert|40|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 447 engines were factory options.
The aircraft fuselage is made from metal tubing, while the fairing is fiberglass. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of {{convert|23.00|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of {{convert|275|lb|kg|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|750|lb|kg|abbr=on}}, giving a useful load of {{convert|475|lb|kg|abbr=on}}. With full fuel of {{convert|9|u.s.gal}} the payload for the pilot and baggage is {{convert|421|lb|kg|abbr=on}}.
The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a {{convert|64|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} engine is {{convert|100|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} and the landing roll is {{convert|5|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}.
Original factory kit options were a pre-rotator, cockpit fairing, wheels pants and long range fuel tank. The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 30 hours and put completion time as 3–4 days work.
Specifications (Commander Sport)
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References
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External links
- [https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2727/4032466533_69193a127e_z.jpg Photo of an Air Command Commander Sport] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115835/https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2727/4032466533_69193a127e_z.jpg |date=2016-03-04 }}
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