Russian Gyroplanes Gyros-1 Farmer

The Russian Gyroplanes Gyros-1 Farmer is a Russian autogyro of unconventional layout, designed and produced by Russian Gyroplanes of Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.

Design and development
The Gyros-1 was designed for aerial work use, including aerial application, courier, forestry patrol, search and rescue and geological survey. It features a single main rotor, a single-seat enclosed cockpit accessed by a door, tricycle landing gear with additional tailwheel and a 4-blade traction propeller. It is powered by a six-cylinder, four-stroke, horizontally-opposed, liquid-cooled converted 200 hp Eggenfellner E6 Suburu gasoline engine.

The aircraft also fits an optional Racket 120 single-cylinder, two-stroke auxiliary engine for running the agricultural equipment, when installed.

The aircraft fuselage includes a baggage compartment or application hopper between the cockpit and the nose-mounted engine. It has a two-bladed rotor and a four-bladed propeller. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of 610 kg and a gross weight of 750 kg, giving a useful load of 140 kg. With full fuel of 100 L the payload for the pilot and payload is 68 kg., gasoline engine