North American Rotorwerks Pitbull II
The North American Rotorwerks Pitbull II is an American autogyro, designed and produced by North American Rotorwerks of Tukwila, Washington. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction, but by 2013 production had been suspended. Design and development The Pitbull II is a two-seat development of the North American Rotorwerks Pitbull Ultralight. It was designed to comply with the US Experimental - Amateur-built rules. It features a single main rotor, a two-seats in side-by-side configuration open cockpit with a windshield, conventional landing gear and a four-cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 912S engine in tractor configuration. The Subaru EA-81 and Subaru EA-82 auto-conversion powerplants are optional. The aircraft's rotor has a diameter and the cockpit has a width. The tailplane is strut-braced and an electric pre-rotator is standard. A small baggage compartment with a capacity of and a volume of is fitted. The recommended power range is . With its empty weight of and a gross weight of , the useful load is . Construction time from the factory assembly kit is estimated at 100 hours. The aircraft is intended to resemble the autogyros of the 1930s and as such it uses a radial engine-style round cowling, rounded rudder, barrel-shaped fuselage and other antique styling details. Specifications (Pitbull II) References External links 2000s United States sport aircraft Homebuilt aircraft Single-engined tractor autogyros