Rotor Flight Dynamics

{{Short description|American homebuilt aircraft manufacturer}}

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| key_people = President: Ernie Boyette

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Rotor Flight Dynamics Inc was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Wimauma, Florida and owned by Ernie Boyette. The company was founded in 1986 and specialized in the design and manufacture of autogyros in the form of plans and kits for amateur construction.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, pages 185-186. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XPurdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 330. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}

The company seems to have gone out of business in 2020.{{cite web|url= https://web.archive.org/web/2020*/http://www.rotorflightdynamicsinc.com/ |title=Rotor Flight Dynamics |website=Internet Archive Wayback Machine |access-date=2 January 2018}}{{cbignore}}

Boyette started his company to produce his Dragon Wing rotorblade designs. Constructed of bonded aluminium and employing a custom airfoil section, they were first marketed in 1989. He used the money made from that successful venture to fund the development of his Dominator series of autogyro designs.{{cite web|url = http://www.rotorflightdynamicsinc.com/history.html|title = History|access-date = 24 December 2014|last = Boyette|first = Ernie|year = 2006}}

In 2006 the Rotor Flight Dynamics LFINO (Leap Flight In Normal Operations and pronounced by the designers as "ell if I know"), was displayed at Bensen Days. First flown in February 2006, the innovative design was constructed by Boyette and Dick DeGraw as a technology demonstrator and incorporates an enclosed cabin along with a vertical take-off capability.{{cite news|url = http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=ccaa166d-bd39-4995-bf46-59308062a350|title = Bensen Days: LFINO Leaps Into Public View |access-date = 15 December 2014|last = O'Brien|first = Kevin|date = 5 April 2006| work = Aero News Network}}