AirScooter Corporation

AirScooter Corporation (OTC Pink: ASCO), is a defunct American aircraft manufacturer that was based in Henderson, Nevada. It designed and intended to manufacture an ultralight helicopter, with a coaxial rotor configuration. The company was founded in early 2000 by Elwood "Woody" Norris, who served as Chairman of the Board, and James "Jim" Barnes, who served as Secretary of the Board. The company was out of business by 2013.[1]

AirScooter Corporation
TypePublicly held company
IndustryAerospace
FateOut of business
Founded2000
Defunctby 2013
Headquarters
Henderson, Nevada
,
United States
ProductsUltralight helicopters, aircraft engines
Websiteairscooter.com

Products

The company's proposed product, perpetually under development, was the single-seat AirScooter II, which was intended to be classified as an ultralight aircraft. It was expected to weigh 254 lbs and be powered by a single 65-hp four-stroke engine capable of carrying a load of up to 350 lbs.[2] Although its operating ceiling was to be around 10,000 ft (2 700 m), the AirScooter II was incapable of an autorotative emergency descent, and was intended for recreational flying at low altitude, i.e., at or below 50 ft (15 m) above ground level (AGL).

Production of the AirScooter II was originally expected to begin in 2005, but production was pushed back to 2006 and then later targeted for 2007.[3][4] As of September, 2013, production had not yet been announced and the company's website had been taken down. There have been no major press releases or other production information published since 2007.

AeroTwin Motors Corporation

Between 2002 and 2012 the company had a subsidiary, the AeroTwin Motors Corporation that developed the AeroTwin AT972T aircraft engine.[5][6][7]

References
  1. "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". archive.org. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. Hutchinson, Alex (December 2006), "Flying Solo", Popular Mechanics, 183 (12): 28, ISSN 0032-4558
  3. Get ready for the AirScooter - ZDNet News: Apr 15, 2005 Archived 2005-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
  4. A slow liftoff for the personal helicopter - ZDNet News: Nov 30, 2006 Archived 2006-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, pages 256-257. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
  6. AirScooter Corporation (2008). "About Us". www.aerotwinmotors.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  7. "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". archive.org. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
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