Youngcopter Neo

The Youngcopter Neo is a German NOTAR helicopter that was designed by Björn Jung and is under development by his company, Youngcopter of Mainz. It was first publicly introduced at the ILA Berlin Air Show in 2008. The aircraft is intended to be supplied as a kit for amateur construction.

No projected date has been announced for kit deliveries and no pricing has been set as of January 2018.

Design and development
The Neo was designed to comply with the amateur-built aircraft construction rules. The first prototype was completed in 2008 and ground run. By 2010 ground testing had been completed, including rotor system tracking and balancing. The prototype first flew in hovering flight on 31 October 2011 and developmental hover flight testing continued through 2015.

The Neo design features a single main rotor, with no tail rotor, a two-seats-in side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit with a windshield, skid landing gear and a twin-rotor 180 hp Neosis Wankel engine. The aircraft fuselage is composite material monocoque design. Its three-bladed rotor has a diameter of 7.7 m and can be folded for hangar storage. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of 385 kg and a gross weight of 640 kg, giving a useful load of 255 kg. With full fuel of 120 L the payload for the pilot, passenger and baggage is 168 kg.

The Neo kit under development is intended to be constructed by a person with average mechanical skills. It will not require any welding or composite materials lamination work. The proposed kit will include all sub-assemblies, engine and instruments.