Products Safety

Why is it that the KAHU is so safe?

Cabin structure and design - interior layout conforms to S.A.E ergonomic considerations thereby providing maximum vision, seating posture and finger tip access to controls. Full harness seatbelts are provided.

Fuel tank - is fitted with a USA Jaz MIL-SPEC internally foam filled tank which is a proven drag race tank.

Full horizontal elevator - design configuration accepts the view, in line with other commercial developments i.e. Groen Brothers, McCullock J2, that it is necessary to provide a full tail boom for maximum stability under all conditions.

What happens if the WADEAero engine quits?

The rotor blades on a Gyroplane are not connected to the engine, they use air moving upward through the blades to keep them spinning or auto-rotating. The engine provides forward thrust causing the aircraft to move forward and push air up into the rotors. Therefore, if in flight the engine quits, the blades will keep rotating as long as they are loaded with air moving upward through them. This is the major difference between a Gyroplane and a helicopter.

The aircraft will maintain a glide ratio of 7 : 1 (this is an anticipated figure - not yet tested) in this circumstance.