Successful test of our rotor tip rocket system

An improved version of our rotor tip rocket system was successfully tested in our test stand on March 14, 2008.

Test Movie:Tip Rocket Test Movie, 330 rpm

The system is powerful enough to allow for vertical take-offs, VTO:s, of gyroplanes.

VTO:s of a glider gyroplane equipped with an earlier version of our tip rocket system can be seen here:
VTO1
VTO2
0-roll take-off

We have developed rotor tip rocket systems all since 2003. Read all about it here:Rotor Tip Rocket Development