ELA 10 Eclipse
{{Short description|Spanish gyroplane}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2022}}
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The ELA Aviation ELA 10 Eclipse is a Spanish, two-seat, enclosed autogyro, designed and built by ELA Aviación of Córdoba, Andalusia. It was introduced at the AERO Friedrichshafen airshow in 2014. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 193. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}{{cite web|title=ELA Aviation|url=http://www.elaaviacion.com/?page_id=614&lang=en|accessdate=2016-08-01|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150527040809/http://www.elaaviacion.com/?page_id=614&lang=en|archive-date= 27 May 2015|url-status= dead}}
Design and development
The ELA 10 Eclipse has a single main rotor, a two-seats-in tandem enclosed cockpit with a bubble canopy, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants, plus a tail caster and a four-cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 912 ULS or turbocharged {{convert|115|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 914 engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft fuselage is made from composites. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of {{convert|8.50|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} and a chord of {{convert|22|cm|in|1|abbr=on}}. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of {{convert|275|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|530|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} with the Rotax 914 engine ({{convert|530|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} with the Rotax 912 ULS engine), giving a useful load of {{convert|255|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}. With full fuel of {{convert|100|L}} the payload for the pilot, passengers and baggage is {{convert|183|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}.
Specifications (ELA 10 Eclipse)
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See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|ELA 10 Eclipse}}
- {{Official website|https://elaaviacion.com/eclipse/}}
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