Outstanding Features

AGE Aviation Gyrocopters have light but strong titanium frames and an array of impressive features. At AGE Aviation Ltd we manufacture and sell Gyrocopters that will provide the best flying experience for our customers. Whether it's something as important as the safest fuel tank on the market, rotor blades designed by some of the world's leading aerospace engineers or just a handy storage place to put your camping gear, we have thought of it all.

AGE Aviation Fuel Tanks

Our fuel tanks are made of high-density cross linked polyethylene, or XLPE, a thermoset resin that is specifically designed for critical applications like chemical storage and fuel tanks.

During the manufacturing process, a catalyst (peroxide) is built into the resin, which creates a free radical. The free radical generates the cross linking of the polymer chain, so the tank essentially becomes one giant molecule. The result is a resin that is specifically designed for critical chemical and fuel applications.

XLPE has 20 times the environmental stress crack resistance of HDPE.
It has 10 times the molecular weight of HDPE.
It has 5 times the impact and tensile strength of HDPE.

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AGE Aviation Titanium Frames

AGE Aviation Ltd uses Titanium for our frames because of its high strength-to- weight ratio. It is a strong metal with low density that is quite ductile.

All the welds on our frames are heat treated after welding. The heat treating process take 5 to 6 days to complete, takes 2 days to heat the oven up to around 500 degrees and then holds that temperature for 2 days before cooling it down, all in a vacuum and zero oxygen environment. This correct heat treatment de-stresses the welding.

The frame is built is three sections and bolted together using 5mm Gr 5 Titanium plates and crush tubes, thus eliminating the possibility of cracking around the mast.

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AGE Aviation Fuselage and Tail

Our fuselage and tail are made from carbon fibre and honeycomb construction. This is vacuum formed into a mould allowing for a very strong and very light construction.

In tandem gyros there is often a problem where the amount of air forced into the rear seat area makes it very unpleasant for the passenger. .

Our large front windscreen means the air travels evenly around and over the top. With other tandems the air travels around the side of the windscreen with very little over the top. This then compresses the air as it travels around the side of the screen and forces it into the rear seat compartment.

AGE Aviation's gyrocopters have minimal air drawn into the rear seat compartment.

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AGE Aviation Hub Bar

Composite materials were developed to prevent cracks in hub bars. These are very strong and fit for the purpose but the production is extremely labour intensive and thus very expensive.

Replacing the Aluminium hub bar with Aerospace grade 5 Titanium in the vertical axis prevents any cracking and increases safety, which is of paramount importance to us. Titanium doesn’t rust or corrode, is very resistant to cracking and has 5 times the yield strength of Aluminium.

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AGE Aviation Pre Rotor

Our simple pre-rotor system will keep you in complete control at all times. The design enables the pilot to control the spin up speed of the rotors so as not to overstress the system.

As an open system, blockages in the air valves from dust and moisture are prevented, resulting in a system that is very efficient and quiet.

Our manual pre rotor lever acts as a backup in the unlikely situation that the primary pre-rotor system fails. This also aids in aligning the rotor forward and aft on the ground.

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AGE Aviation Rotor Blades

We have built the strongest and safest composite rotor blades for our gyrocopters with help from the world's leading aerospace composite engineers. Their extensive knowledge of helicopter rotor blades has enabled us to develop a rotor spar that is equally as strong as those used in helicopters.

AGE Aviation Ltd's composite rotor blades are made from Pre-preg carbon fibre, which is a reinforced fabric, pre-impregnated with a resin.  This resin (usually epoxy) already includes a curing agent. The Pre-preg is thus ready to lay into the mould without the need for any additional resin. In order for the laminate to cure, it is necessary to use a combination of pressure and heat.

The advantage of using Pre-preg rather than traditional hand layup is as follows:

Maximum strength properties. It is best to have a finished laminate weight that is 50% fabric and 50% resin, but it is hard to achieve this with a hand layup. Even when vacuum bagged, there is often a significant amount of excess resin which results in increased brittleness and compromises the overall properties. Most Prepregs contain only about 35% resin giving them maximum cured properties which are extremely hard to achieve with normal hand lamination.

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