Shaanxi Baojii Special Vehicles Lie Ying Falcon
The Shaanxi Baojii Special Vehicles Lie Ying Falcon ("Semi-Open Cabin With Tandem Seats Falcon") is a Chinese autogyro that was designed and produced by the Shaanxi Baojii Special Vehicles Manufacturing Company of Baoji in Shaanxi province. The aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fly. The manufacturer is a well-known builder of armoured vehicles for police and military use and the aircraft was reportedly flying in 2015, but its website was taken down in late 2016 and the status of the company and the gyroplane are unclear. Design and development. The  Falcon was designed for police and military use as a surveillance aircraft. It features a single main rotor, a two-seats-in tandem open cockpit with a windshield, tricycle landing gear and a Rotax 914 engine in pusher configuration. The Rotax engine is an Austrian-made, four-cylinder, liquid- and air-cooled, four stroke turbocharged unit. The aircraft has a two-bladed rotor with a diameter of . It has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for the crew and mission equipment is . Shaanxi Baojii Special