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ELA 10 Eclipse
Role Autogyro
National origin Spain
Manufacturer ELA Aviación
Status In Production (2017)

The ELA Aviation ELA 10 Eclipse is a Spanish, two-seat, enclosed autogyro, designed and built by ELA Aviación of Córdoba, Andalusia, introduced at the AERO Friedrichshafen airshow in 2014. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.[1][2]

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 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912 ULS or turbocharged 115 hp (86 kW) Rotax 914 engine in pusher configuration.[1]

The aircraft fuselage is made from composites. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of 8.50 m (27.9 ft) and a chord of 22 cm (8.7 in). The aircraft has a typical empty weight of 275 kg (606 lb) and a gross weight of 530 kg (1,168 lb) with the Rotax 914 engine (530 kg (1,168 lb) with the Rotax 912 ULS engine), giving a useful load of 255 kg (562 lb). With full fuel of 100 litres (22 imp gal; 26 US gal) the payload for the pilot, passengers and baggage is 183 kg (403 lb).[1]

Specifications (ELA 10 Eclipse)

ELA 10 Eclipse

Data from Tacke[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Empty weight: 275 kg (606 lb)
  • Gross weight: 530 kg (1,168 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 100 litres (22 imp gal; 26 US gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 914 four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, turbocharged four stroke aircraft engine, 86 kW (115 hp)
  • Main rotor diameter: 8.50 m (27 ft 11 in)
  • Main rotor area: 57 m2 (610 sq ft)
  • Propellers: 3-bladed composite

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 190 km/h (120 mph, 100 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn)
  • Rate of climb: 5 m/s (980 ft/min)
  • Disk loading: 9.3 kg/m2 (1.9 lb/sq ft)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 193. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. ^ "ELA Aviation". Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
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