Airbet Girabet

The Airbet Girabet is a family of Spanish autogyros, designed and produced by Airbet of Barcelona. They are all supplied as complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

Design and development
The Girabet family of designs all feature a single main rotor, tricycle landing gear and Rotax two-stroke and four-stroke engines mounted in pusher configuration. The aircraft fuselage is made from curved steel and aluminium tubing and mounts a cruciform tail. All rotor blades and other dynamic components are built by the company in-house. All models fit pre-rotators to shorten take-off distances.

Variants

 * Girabet Classic
 * Original single seat model, powered by a 50 hp Rotax 503 twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition powerplant. Its 7.30 m diameter rotor has a chord of 21 cm. The aircraft has an empty weight of 118 kg and a gross weight of 230 kg, giving a useful load of 112 kg. The company also offers a custom-built trailer for ground transportation and home storage.


 * Girabet 582
 * More powerful single seat model, powered by a 64 hp Rotax 582 twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition powerplant. Its 7.30 m diameter rotor has a chord of 21 cm. The aircraft has an empty weight of 120 kg and a gross weight of 230 kg, giving a useful load of 110 kg. Take-off roll with the pre-rotator is 20 m.


 * Girabet 2
 * Side-by-side configuration two seat model intended for use as a trainer, powered by a 100 hp Rotax 912S four cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition powerplant. Its 8.40 m diameter rotor has a chord of 21 cm. The aircraft has an empty weight of 175 kg and a gross weight of 410 kg, giving a useful load of 235 kg.


 * Girabet 2 Sport
 * Side-by-side configuration two seat model intended for use as a cross country aircraft and equipped with a cockpit fairing and windshield. Powered by a 100 hp Rotax 912S four cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition powerplant, its 8.40 m diameter rotor has a chord of 21 cm. The aircraft has an empty weight of 220 kg and a gross weight of 450 kg, giving a useful load of 230 kg.