AirScooter Corporation
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Products
The company's proposed product, perpetually under development, was the single-seat AirScooter II, which was intended to be classified as an ultralight aircraft. It was expected to weigh 254 lbs and be powered by a single 65 hp four-stroke engine capable of carrying a load of up to 350 lb.[2] Although its operating ceiling was to be around 10,000 ft (2 700 m), the AirScooter II has fixed pitch rotors and was incapable of an autorotative emergency descent,[3] and was intended for recreational flying at low altitude, i.e., at or below 50 ft (15 m) above ground level (AGL).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Production of the AirScooter II was originally expected to begin in 2005, but production was pushed back to 2006 and then later targeted for 2007.[4][5] As of September, 2013, production had not yet been announced and the company's website had been taken down. There have been no major press releases or other production information published since 2007.
AeroTwin Motors Corporation
Between 2002 and 2012 the company had a subsidiary, the AeroTwin Motors Corporation that developed the AeroTwin AT972T aircraft engine.[6][7][8]
References
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- ↑ Get ready for the AirScooter - ZDNet News: Apr 15, 2005 Template:Webarchive
- ↑ A slow liftoff for the personal helicopter - ZDNet News: Nov 30, 2006 Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, pages 256-257. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. Template:Catalog lookup linkScript error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".
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External links
- AirScooter Corporation Web site archives on Archive.org
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- CBS News, 17 April 2005: Flying Cars Ready To Take Off