Campbell Cricket Aircraft

Super Cricket, RV Smith from British Built Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Campbell Aircraft Ltd

First Flight:

July 1969

Cricket:

42 - Campbell Aircraft Ltd

Super Cricket:

1 - Campbell Aircraft Ltd

Type Specification

Applies to:

Campbell Cricket

Type:

Single-seat light autogyro

Rotor System:

Two-blade main rotor. All-metal blades

Fuselage:

All-metal steel tube structure with glassfibre nacelle

Tail Unit:

Fin and rudder only of aluminium alloy construction

Landing Gear:

Non-retractable tricycle type

Power Plant:

One 72 hp Volkswagen four-cylinder engine

Accommodation:

Single seat in open cockpit

Rotor Diameter:

21 ft 9 in

Length:

11 ft 3 in

Height:

6 ft 10 in

Empty:

329 lb

Max Take-off:

600 lb

Max Speed:

80 mph

Max Rate of Climb:

500 ft/min at sea level

Service Ceiling:

5,000 ft

Range:

140 miles

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