Hungaro Copter

The Hungaro Copter is a Hungarian helicopter produced by Hungaro Copter Limited of Verpelét, an affiliate of the Steel Riders Limited company. The lead engineer for the design was Farkas Gábor. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.

Design and development
The aircraft was designed to comply with the European microlight aircraft rules. It features a single main rotor and tail rotor, a single-seat enclosed cockpit with a fairing, or an open cockpit without a windshield, skid landing gear and a four-cylinder, four stroke 135 hp Subaru EJ22 or 160 hp Subaru EJ25 automotive conversion engine. The six-cylinder 125 hp D-Motor LF39 powerplant has also been used.

The aircraft fuselage is made from welded steel tubing. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of 7.0 m. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of 300 kg and a gross weight of 430 kg, giving a useful load of 130 kg.

The construction time from the supplied kit is estimated as 300 hours.