Phenix - The tractor Gyro
Phenix - The tractor Gyro
Hi Gang !
For those of you who don't know me, I'm the maketing and sales guy for Europe for Phenix S.L., a Spanish company that builds the eponym gyrocopter, as well one of its 2 test pilots.
The Phenix brings back the original De La Cierva design. It features a very comfortable cabin (shoulders width 125 cm, seat to roof 93 cm). The tractor design should bring a small improvement in speed, but mainly a reduction in perceived noise, something important here in Europe. Engine is a Rotax 914, and rotorhead and blades are Xavier Averso ones.
The proto seen for the first time at Aero on April 2 - 5 2009 is an export version, the European ultralight one will have an electronic instrumentation.
The proto will start its flight test campain in July 2009. Until then, I will have opened the website, although it will at first only include basic infos and a few pictures. When that website is online, I'll post a message on this forum as well.
Our concept was very well received in Aero, and we believe now that we as well have a future, after more than 2 years' development time :0)
European version (Ultralight category France) will take another 12 months to be there... and from there on... well... we'll see what happens :0))))))
If you need infos, or have questions, please use for the time beeing my standard mail addy (see below), after the website goes online, you will have direct mail addresses depending on the scope of your questions, as well as a dedicated forum.
Just a nice one: on the opening day of Aero, a tall gentleman comes, discuss a bit with us, then want to test-seat in. His comment was:
"Whoooo ! That's the very first gyro I neither eat my knees, nor bump my head ! "
I must say that our whole team from then on had a big smile :0))))
Alain Lederer
CEO ULM Europe Phenix Marketing & Sales
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