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AutoGyro Cavalon

🇩🇪 Germany ·first flight unknown· autogyro

🚁 helicopter piston ✓ still flying
AutoGyro Cavalon, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Mike Burdett from CROMER, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0

what is it?

The Autogyro Cavalon is a German autogyro, designed and produced by AutoGyro GmbH of Hildesheim. It was introduced at the 2011 Aero show in Friedrichshafen. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

How to recognise it: 1 piston engine · 8.4 m main rotor

base stats

  • speed 160 km/htop speed
  • seats 1passengers
  • size 450 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

spec sheet

first flight
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status
in production
number built
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role
autogyro
origin
🇩🇪 Germany
makers
AutoGyro GmbH
engines
1× Rotax 912ULS
crew
1
passengers
1
length
4.6 m
rotor diameter
8.4 m
height
2.8 m
max take-off weight
450 kg
top speed
160 km/h
cruise speed
145 km/h
range
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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q474696, Wikipedia: AutoGyro Cavalon (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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