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The Calumet Snobird Explorer is an American autogyro produced by Calumet Motorsports of Lansing, Illinois, introduced in May 1997. 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 348. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1〕 ==Design and development== Calumet Aeronautics acquired the Snobird Explorer design when it purchased the assets of the SnoBird Aircraft Company. Putting the Snobird design back into production, the company name was changed to Calumet Motorsports. The gyro design was later sold to another owner and then back to Calumet Motorsports, although the design remains out of production.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Calumetair - Gyroplanes & accessories )〕 The Snobird Explorer was designed as a low-cost, entry-level autogyro, to comply with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles, including the category's maximum empty weight of . The aircraft has a standard empty weight of . It features a single main rotor, a single-seat open cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a twin-cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, single-ignition Rotax 447 engine in pusher configuration. Alternate engines used include the twin-cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 503 and the twin-cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, single-ignition 2si 460-F40 engines.〔 The aircraft fuselage is made from a combination of composite material and aluminum and features a tall tail design to reduce engine-induced pitch. The kit was supplied with jig pre-drilled holes and was powder coated. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of . Full fuel is .〔 The standard day, sea level, no wind takeoff with a engine is and the landing roll is .〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Calumet Snobird Explorer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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