This month was kind of a head scratcher to find an aircraft to cover, going back to my LSA Expo 2018 coverage https://gouldaero.com/aviation-events-destinations/florida-events/lsa-expo-2018-sebring/ I came across an auto gyro I took quite a few pictures of, the10 Eclipse by ELA Aviacion ELA is based out of Cordoba Spain selling ready to fly Auto Gyro’s.

This type of Auto Gyro with a 2 blade main rotor and fairly slim profile makes it easy to transport and store in a trailer. The slow flight speeds can open up all kinds of flight adventures.

For the US market see https://elaaviation-us.com/ for details, looks like they are based out of Okeechobee FL

The composites work on this bird was truly impressive and the metallic green color I still remember to this day.

The tandem cockpit was quite ergonomic

impressive looking tail feathers

2 Blade main mast

Show special price and build sheet, good thing I took this photo to get the name of the aircraft.

Quite a few YouTube videos on the 10 Eclipse:

I could find no RC options for the 10 Eclipse, in fact RC auto gyros are very rare, I built a scratch built one around 20 years ago, here it is next to my Century 30 hawk RC Helicopter, It flew well but needed a better rotor system for more durability.

A few plans options on Outerzone: https://outerzone.co.uk/search/results.asp?keyword=autogyro

one of the few RC turn key Auto Gyro options is the Durafly Auto-G2V2 from Hobby King:

https://hobbyking.com/en_us/durafly-pnf-auto-g2-v2-gyrocopter-w-auto-start-821mm.html