TYPE: Four-seat kitbuilt.

PROGRAMME: Prototype (C-GIPN) first flew at Bromont on 12 May 2001; experimental certification 7 June 2001; first flight from floats 3 October 2001; displayed at Sun 'n' Fun in April 2003 (when it had accumulated 120 hours) and at AirVenture, Oshkosh, July 2003, at which time a second aircraft was under construction.

COSTS: Kit US$25,945 (tailwheel) or US$28,150 (nosewheel) (2003), excluding engine, propeller and avionics.

DESIGN FEATURES: Intended to carry four adults and baggage from short and semi-prepared runways. Designed on 3-D software and constructed of precision-drilled aluminium components. Wings braced by V struts; downturned tips.

FLYING CONTROLS: Conventional and manual. Large, horn-balanced elevators with flight-adjustable trim tab to port. Horn-balanced rudder. Fowler flaps.

STRUCTURE: Aluminium throughout, except composites wing-, fin- and tailplane tips.

LANDING GEAR: Tailwheel type; fixed. Cantilever spring steel mainwheel legs. (Levered, rubber-in-tension type on prototype). Mainwheels 8.50x6 or 8.00-6; solid, steerable tailwheel. Optional float.

POWER PLANT: One 134 kW (180 hp) Textron Lycoming O-360-A flat-six, driving a Sensenich 76EM8-0-57 two-blade, metal propeller. Total fuel 204 litres (53.9 US gallons; 44.9 Imp gallons) in two wing tanks.

ACCOMMODATION: Four persons in two side-by-side pairs. Baggage spare to rear. Upward-hinged door each side.

DIMENSIONS, EXTERNAL:

• Wing span: 10.97 m (36 ft 0 in)
• Wing chord (constant): 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
• Wing aspect ratio: 7.1
• Length overall: 7.75 m (25 ft 5 in)
• Height overall: 3.05 m (10 ft 0 in)
• Tailplane span: 3.23 m (10 ft 7 in)

DIMENSIONS, INTERNAL:

• Cabin: Length: 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
• Max width: 1.12 m (3 ft 8 in)

AREAS:

• Wings, gross: 17.06 m² (183.6 sq ft)
• Horizontal tail surfaces: 3.62 m² (39.0 sq ft)

WEIGHTS AND LOADINGS:

• Weight empty: 669 kg (1,475 lb)
• Max payload: 338 kg (754 lb)
• Max fuel weight: 150 kg (330 lb)
• Max T-O weight: 1,156 kg (2,550 lb)
• Max wing loading: 67.8 kg/m² (13.89 lb/sq ft)
• Max power loading: 8.62 kg/kW (14.17 lb/hp)

PERFORMANCE:

• Never-exceed speed (V_NE): 130 kt (241 km/h; 150 mph)
• Cruising speed: max: 115 kt (212 km/h; 132 mph)
• at 75% power: 103 kt (190 km/h; 118 mph)
• Stalling speed: flaps up: 46 kt (84 km/h; 52 mph)
• flaps down: 37 kt (68 km/h; 42 mph)
• Max rate of climb at S/L: 219 m (720 ft)/min
• Service ceiling: 4,265 m (14,000 ft)
• T-O run: A: 122 m (400 ft)
• Range: 594 n miles (1,100 km; 684 miles)
• Endurance: 5 h 50 min
• g limits: +3.8/-1.7

The article appears in the following publication:
Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2004-2005. Jane's Information Group Ltd. 2004. ISBN: 0-7106-2614-2