AAI Sparrowhawk

The AAI SparrowHawk is an American two-seat pusher ultralight autogyro, available in kit form for amateur construction.

[1] The SparrowHawk is a pusher configuration autogyro with an uncowled single 160 hp (120 kW) Subaru EJ25 flat-four engine mounted behind a totally enclosed glass fibre cabin.

An aluminum keel projects aft of the pod and a vertical member fixed to it carries the engine and rotor mast.

They support a deep, wide chord, finless rudder, formed from honeycomb composites material and carrying a pair of fixed horizontal stabilizers with small endplate fins.

[1] A press release in January 2011 announced an agreement with Guangzhou Suntrans Aviation Science and Technology Co., Ltd. to form a Cooperative Joint Venture for the manufacture of SparrowHawks in China.