The Shaanxi Baoji Special Vehicles Lie Ying (çÂÂé¹°, lit. "Falcon"), otherwise known as Falcon Strike Gyrocopter, is a Chinese autogyro that was designed and produced by the Shaanxi Baoji Special Vehicles Manufacturing Company of Baoji in Shaanxi province.
The manufacturer is a builder of armoured vehicles for police and military use and the aircraft was reportedly flying in 2015.
The aircraft gained media attention when it appears as part of 2019 China National Day military parade. Nicknamed "air tricycle". In 2022 the aircraft reportedly costs approximately 40,000 Chinese Yuan (approximately 5,500 USD).
The lead designer of the Falcon is Wang Baohe, who in 2010 introduced German rotorcraft research and technology to a joint research program by Shaanxi Baoji Special Vehicles and Nanjing University's Aeronautics and Astronautics department, the results of which led to the Falcon.
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 .
The basic model of the aircraft is a two-seater. An upgraded three-seater version of the aircraft also exists. The three-seat variant feature a engine, a larger fuel tank made from different materials, to give greater range, and allow the transportation of more cargo, as well as for parachuting operations.
The aircraft can be armed with anti-tank guided missiles. The two-seater version can carry four missiles on hardpoints.