AutoGyro MT-03

{{Short description|German autogyro}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use British English|date=January 2022}}  {{Infobox aircraft | name = MT-03 | logo = | logo_size = | image = Autogyro MT-03 (D-MTBI) 06.jpg | alt = | caption = AutoGyro MT-03 | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Autogyro | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = Germany | manufacturer = AutoGyro GmbH | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = In production (MTOsport, 2012) | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = | retired = | first_flight = | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = RotorSport UK MT-03 | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''AutoGyro MT-03''' is a German autogyro, designed and produced by AutoGyro GmbH of Hildesheim. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.<ref name="WDLA11">Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 176-177. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X</ref>

The MT-03 was approved in the United Kingdom in 2007 in a modified form as the RotorSport UK MT-03.<ref name="tads">{{cite web | url= http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/1419/20111103GyroTADSBG01Iss11RotorSportUKMT03.pdf | publisher= United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority | title= Gyroplane Type Approval Data Sheet (TADS) - Type: RotorSport UK MT-03 | access-date= 29 December 2012 }}</ref>

==Design and development== thumb|right|AutoGyro MT-03 without fairing fitted The MT-03 features a single main rotor, a two-seats in tandem open cockpit with an optional partial cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a four-cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 912 engine or turbocharged {{convert|115|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 914 engine in pusher configuration.<ref name="WDLA11" />

The aircraft fairing is made from composites. Its {{convert|8.4|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} diameter rotor has a chord of {{convert|20|cm|in|1|abbr=on}}. The aircraft has an empty weight of {{convert|245|kg|lb|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|450|kg|lb|abbr=on}}, giving a useful load of {{convert|205|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.<ref name="WDLA11" />

The MT-03 was developed into the MTOsport and the fully enclosed AutoGyro Calidus.<ref name="WDLA11" />

==Operational history== The MT-03 was flown on a world record-setting distance flight in Australia of {{convert|1263|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="WDLA11" />

An AutoGyro MT-03 was used by Norman Surplus in his nine-year global circumnavigation that ended in 2019; the first to be done in an autogyro.<ref name="Aviation Pros">{{cite web |title=EAA Aviation Museum Adds Two Record Breaking Aircraft to Collection AutoGyro GmbH - AutoGyro MT-03 |url=https://www.aviationpros.com/aircraft/business-general-aviation/press-release/21093324/experimental-aircraft-association-eaa-eaa-aviation-museum-adds-two-record-breaking-aircraft-to-collection |website=Aviation Pros |date=20 August 2019}}</ref>

==Variants== right|thumb|AutoGyro MTOsport ;AutoGyro MT-03 :Base model for the European and North American market. No longer in production.<ref name="WDLA11" /> ;RotorSport UK MT-03 :Modified model for the United Kingdom market, imported assembled and modified by RotorSport UK.<ref name="tads" /> ;AutoGyro MTOsport :Improved model for the European and North American market. This model offers a choice of three different rotor systems, two different propellers, two engine choices (Rotax 912S or 914) and floats.<ref name="WDLA11" /> ;AutoGyro MT0-Free :Version of the MTOsport, with no cockpit fairing fitted. This leaves the pilot out in the open air and has the benefit of eliminating the need for rudder input when turning, as the fairing acts as a destabilizer.<ref name="WDLA15">Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 188. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref>

==Operators==

===Military=== {{ETH}} *Ethiopian Air Force - 2 for special operations<ref>{{cite journal |date=February 2010 |title=Ethiopian Air Force Invests in Gyrocopters |journal=Air Forces Monthly |publisher=Key Publishing |location=Stamford, Lincolnshire |volume=263 }}</ref>

==Specifications (MT-03) == thumb|right|AutoGyro MT-03 instrument panel {{Aircraft specs |ref=Bayerl<ref name="WDLA11" /> and Duda<ref name=duda>Holger Duda & Insa Pruter. "[http://www.icas.org/ICAS_ARCHIVE/ICAS2012/PAPERS/434.PDF Flight Performance Of Lightweight Gyroplanes]" page 8. ''German Aerospace Center'', 2012. Accessed: 17 December 2013.</ref> |prime units?=met  |genhide=

|crew=one |capacity=one passenger |length m= |length ft= |length in= |length note= |width m= |width ft= |width in= |width note= |height m= |height ft= |height in= |height note= |airfoil=NACA 8-H-12 |empty weight kg=245 |empty weight lb= |empty weight note= |gross weight kg=450 |gross weight lb= |gross weight note= |fuel capacity={{convert|34|L}} or optionally {{convert|68|L}} |more general=  |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Rotax 912ULS |eng1 type=four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine |eng1 kw=75 |eng1 hp=

|max speed kmh=185 |max speed mph= |max speed kts= |max speed note= |cruise speed kmh=160 |cruise speed mph= |cruise speed kts= |cruise speed note= |never exceed speed kmh= |never exceed speed mph= |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note= |range km= |range miles= |range nmi= |range note= |endurance= |ceiling m= |ceiling ft= |ceiling note= |g limits= |roll rate= |glide ratio= |climb rate ms=5 |climb rate ftmin= |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |disk loading kg/m2=8.1 |disk loading lb/sqft= |disk loading note= |lift to drag=4 |fuel consumption kg/km= |fuel consumption lb/mi= |power/mass= |thrust/weight= |avionics= |more performance= <br>Minimum speed: 20 knots }}

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==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{Official website|https://www.auto-gyro.com/en/Gyroplane/AutoGyro-Models/MTOsport-2017/}} {{AutoGyro GmbH aircraft}}

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AutoGyro MT-03

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