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The Layzell Merlin is a British autogyro that was designed by Scottish designer Jim Montgomery and produced by Layzell Gyroplanes of Quedgeley, Gloucester. The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.〔Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 182. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X〕 The type remained in production by Layzell through 2011, although by July 2012 the company website had been removed from the internet.〔 ==Design and development== The Merlin features a single main rotor, a single-seat open cockpit with a fairing and a windshield, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, single-ignition Rotax 582 engine in pusher configuration.〔 The aircraft fuselage is made from bolted-together square aluminum tubing. Its diameter Rotor Flight Dynamics rotor has a chord of . The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of .〔 After taking over Montgomery's design, company owner Gary Layzell expressed an interest in further developing the Merlin, but initially produced it unchanged.〔 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「Layzell Merlin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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