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The Farrington Twinstar is an American two-seat autogyro that was designed and produced by Farrington Aircraft of Paducah, Kentucky, a company owned by Don Farrington. 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 323. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1〕 ==Design and development== The aircraft was designed to comply with the US ''Experimental - Amateur-built'' aircraft rules. It features a single main rotor, a two-seats-in tandem open cockpit with a windshield, tricycle landing gear without wheel pants, plus a tail caster. The tail consists of two vertical stabilizers and rudders. The acceptable power range is and the standard engine used is a four cylinder, air-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition Lycoming O-320 in pusher configuration. The cabin width is .〔 The aircraft fuselage is made from a combination of welded steel and bolted-together aluminum tubing, with a fiberglass cockpit fairing. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of . The aircraft has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for the pilot, passengers and baggage is .〔 The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a engine is and the landing roll is .〔 The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 200 hours.〔 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「Farrington Twinstar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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