It can be yours! for around $140,000 USD.

Pass....

Love it!

How about this one?
For Sale: TangoGyro - Tango 2
For Sale: Tango2 - TangoGyro

Built in: 2016

Color: White

Number: N540V

Engine: 973cc - 3cylinder - appx. 120BHP carbureted.

Operating Hours: appx. 30+/-

PSRU: proprietary Unit 3:1 reduction, with centrifugal clutch.



Hello folks, I am selling a freshly built Tango2. It is in the final stretch of Phase I Testing.

The machine flys beautifully. Average cruising speed is 65-75mph.

The engine provide plenty of power and the gearbox transfers the power well. The PSRU is set-up with centrifugal clutch to reduce overall vibrations. The machine is fully set-up, except radio equipment.

The machine can be seen flying in Cedartown airport in Polk County Ga. (4A4)



Asking: $38,000.00USD O.B.O.



For information and video please visit: www.tangogyro.com
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38G??????????????

I just put in my order for a Tango 2.

I will build it up from bare bones and will use a 4 cyl. instead of a 3cyl. w/ Teal's Skytrax gearbox adapter.

I'll get mine 1 yr from final testing pending outcome of those test and some serious hours flown off after this time has past.

18k for a kit. What the Hell!?? what do I have to loose..........wait don't answer that..........

At a guess..... about $18k

Oh, sorry, I didn't see you said not to answer until after I posted this

I am going to go get my Bi-annual in the tango 2 .

Can you give me a SitRep afterwards Scott?

Give it a real good wringing out too!!

will do!

Jon almost has the first 40 hrs flown off.

Ive flown the Sportcopter II a few times. Its impressive, but im not a dreadnought class kinda guy!
Its big!

over 1000 lbs big! I hope they get a market because it sure is nice. just too rich for me.

You can see from the plethora of two seat tandems that are so much more expensive than single seat opens and are now everywhere, that "If you build it they will come"
I look at the Sportcopter 2 the same way. It is a brute on power with a Lycoming engine. It has one of the toughest landing gear systems I've seen on any aircraft other than an Apache or Sik hh-60.
It is outfitted inside with the kind of accouterments one would expect of a sophisticated high level aircraft, (not like the Celier that uses pull strings and a ball stopper for trim adjustments. Yes they work, but for 100 K I don't think they are appropriate)
Its width shoulder to shoulder is awesome and with the power would lift to fat bozo doughnut eating cops into the air safely (hehe)
If they ever manage to get primary certification on it it will be an American Made force to be reckoned with in gyros, but I see it more as a option to fixed wing people movers over short distances.

I love flying that SprtCopter II .
The fact it will fly my fat ass is a testament .

I'm surprised that it seems to have such small vertical and horizontal stab / rudder surfaces. Any comments on how it flies and power related yaw characteristics.

Jim has experimented with a lot of tails including the "miracle" tall tail. It sucked!
He had real problem with it. The tail he has on is way more effective and absolutely counter acts any torque roll.
Even at slow speed since the winglets are out passed the cabin and the whole tail is way out so it acts as a dart!

from the website:

WHY WE CHANGED THE TAIL DESIGN
This decision was made after a year of testing with several configurations. Also the cruciform tail seemed to "hunt" at high speeds and this needed to be changed. We are very pleased with the new tail design as it far outperformed the cruciform design and has fixed the stability issues for both pitch and yaw. The horizontal stabilizer has a slightly larger surface than before, and because it is out in cleaner airflow it is not starved during quickly reduced power settings.

I guess I just can't make any sense of all of this, seems like the different proponents of different tail designs have very different rationales of what works better and why. Clearly there's not only one way to skin a cat. This looks very similar to the Autogyro Cavalon and Calidus tail designs except proportional to the cabin even smaller.

The photo atop may have a smidge of fisheye in it.
I flew the origional red egg with tall tail and have flown Marvs white and red.
The both flew smooth and waggle free.
I know when they went to the triple tail origionally it was made of 3 vortex tails so sa ed money, but it looks like they rounded them off more now.
Jim is a nut about perfection, just the kind of guy you wkuld want building your new aircraft.
Although it might take an extra decade or so....