Photograph:
Pagatto BrakoGyro G-2022 (c/n BG001AUS) at Avalon, VIC in February 2015 (David C Eyre)
Country of origin:
Italy
Description:
Two-seat sporting gyrocopter
Power Plant:
One 91 kw (115 hp) Rotax 914 four-cylinder horizontally-opposed turbocharged liquid-and-air cooled engine
Specifications:
- Main rotor diameter: 8.53 m (28 ft)
- Max speed: 195 km/h (121 mph)
- Cruising speed: 150 km/h (93 mph)
- Rate of climb: 299 m/min (980 ft/min)
- Stalling speed: 30 km/h (19 mph)
- Fuel capacity: 80 litres (18 Imp gals)
- Empty weight: 265 kg (584 lb)
- Loaded weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
History:
The Brako series of gyrocopters was designed by Enio Pagotto and has been manufactured at a facility in Italy by Pagotto Carpenterie sri at Pianzano. It is a two-seat gyrocopter in tandem, with a single main rotor and open cockpits. It has been sold around the world. The fuselage is of welded stainless steel tube and is fitted with a non-structural composite cockpit fairing, the front cockpit having a windshield. It has an Averso two-blade main rotor and a three-blade pusher propeller. The tailplane features three vertical surfaces. It has a tricycle undercarriage and the wheels can be covered by wheel pants.
Variants of the design include the Brakogyro GT with useful load of 185 kg (408 lb); the Naked, an open cockpit model with a rollbar and skids in front of the mainwheels, which has a slightly lower performance because of increased drag; and the Air Brako which has been used for agricultural and surveillance work. The Company has also produced the Brako Trike. Two engines are usually installed: the Rotax 912S 1352 cc (82.5 cub in) producing 75 kw (100 hp) with a custom-designed turbocharger mounted in a pusher configuration; and the 86 kw (115 hp) turbocharged Rotax 914 unit.
A few examples have been registered in Australia and New Zealand, including G-2022 in Australia and ZK-ZNB in New Zealand.