Raven Rotorcraft

Raven Rotorcraft (also called Raven Redrives and Raven Rotorcraft & Redrives, Inc.) is an American aircraft manufacturer based in El Prado, New Mexico and formerly of Boulder Colorado. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of autogyros in the form of kits for amateur construction and reduction drives for three and four cylinder Geo Metro and Honda automotive engines for aircraft use.[1][2]

Raven Rotorcraft
Privately held company
IndustryAerospace
Founded1990s
Headquarters
El Prado, New Mexico
,
United States
ProductsKit aircraft
Websitewww.raven-rotor.com

The company produced a very simple single-seat autogyro design in the 1990s, the Raven Explorer I for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules. This was followed by the Raven Explorer II two-seater for the US Experimental - Amateur-built aircraft category. By the 2010s these were both out of production. The company is engaged in developing a new winged autogyro, designated the Raven Rotor-Plane, for the cargo, search and rescue and aerial survey roles.[1][3]

The company also produces complete aircraft engines for installation in homebuilt aircraft, such as the Raven 1000 UL, 1300 SVS Turbo and 1600 SV.[4]

The company seems to have gone out of business in 2017 and production ended.[5]

Aircraft
Summary of aircraft built by Raven Rotorcraft
Model name First flight Number built Type
Raven Explorer I 1990s At least one Single seat autogyro
Raven Explorer II 1990s Two seat autogyro
Raven Rotor-Plane pending none Two seat winged autogyro

References
  1. Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, pages 77 and 327-328. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  2. Raven Rotorcraft. "Welcome to Raven Rotorcraft and Redrives". Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  3. Raven Rotorcraft. "The Shape of Things to Come". Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  4. Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, pages 242-243. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  5. "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". archive.org. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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