Trixy Princess

The Trixy Princess is an Austrian autogyro designed and produced by Trixy Aviation Products of Dornbirn. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.

Design and development
The Princess was derived from the Trixy G 4-2 R. It features a single main rotor, a two-seats-in tandem enclosed cockpit, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants, plus a tail caster and a four-cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke 100 hp Rotax 912 twin-cylinder or 130 hp Trixy 912 Ti engine in pusher configuration. A Mitsubishi turbocharged engine of 160 hp is also available. The Mitsubishi powerplant includes a main rotor prerotator capable of producing 280 rpm for takeoff, reducing the takeoff roll.

The aircraft fuselage is made from composites. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of 8.4 m. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of 283 kg and a gross weight of 560 kg, giving a useful load of 277 kg. With full fuel of 68 L the payload for the pilot, passenger and baggage is 228 kg.

Unlike many other autogyro builders Trixy Aviation uses a swash plate in its rotor head designs, rather than a tilt head. This makes the design more sensitive to fly and requires special type training.