Rotortec Cloud Dancer Light

The Rotortec Cloud Dancer Light is a German autogyro, designed and produced by Rotortec of Görisried, Allgäu. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

Design and development
Based on the enclosed cockpit Rotortec Cloud Dancer I, the Cloud Dancer Light was designed as a lower cost model for the German 120 kg ultralight class. It features a single two-bladed rotor, a single-seat open cockpit without a windshield, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a twin cylinder, liquid-cooled 70 hp Hirth 3503 two stroke engine mounted in pusher configuration.

The aircraft fuselage frame is made from aluminum, while the tail is Kevlar composites. Its 7.10 m diameter rotor has a chord of 17.5 cm. The instrument panel is mounted in a simple pod. The aircraft has an empty weight of 120 kg and a gross weight of 300 kg, giving a useful load of 180 kg.