It first flew in 1978. The Sportster is powered by a 160 hp Lycoming 0-320 engine. It is enclosed and designed to carry two large people. Seating is side by side with dual controls for flight training. Many Sportsters have been built and hundreds of people have learned to fly in the Sportster or derivatives of the Sportster.
Structure is bolt together aluminum.
The Sportster has the safest flight history of any gyroplane in the world. Plans include drawings for tow hitch, prerotator, and rotor blades. I flev my Hollmann Sportster for the first flight on Okt. 9, 1998. It has many modifications. The recent picture of the Sportster on the left was taken at the South County Airport, CA Fly-In, on May 5, 2001.