Rotor Way Scorpion - Specifications (Scorpion Too)

Specifications (Scorpion Too)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976-77

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 20 ft 3½ in (6.18 m)
• Rotor diameter: 24 ft 0 in (7.32 m)
• Height: 7 ft 3½ in (2.22 m)
• Disc area: 452 ft² (42.1 m²)
• Airfoil: NACA 0015
• Empty weight: 750 lb (340 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 1,200 lb (544 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × RotorWay RW133 4-cylinder horizontally-opposed liquid cooled piston engine, 133 hp (99 kW)

Performance

• Cruise speed: 78 knots (90 mph, 145 km/h)
• Range: 104 nmi (193 mi, 120 km)
• Ferry range: 156 nmi (180 mi, 290 km) auxiliary fuel
• Service ceiling: 10,000 ft (3,050 m)
• Rate of climb: 800 ft/min (4.1 m/s)
• Disc loading: 2.65 lb/ft² (12.9 kg/m²)
  
• Hovering ceiling (in ground effect): 5,500 ft (1,375 m)