TYPE: Two-seat lightplane.
PROGRAMME: First flown June 2003.
DESIGN FEATURES: Low wing with winglets; sweptback fin with root-mounted tailplane.
FLYING CONTROLS: Conventional and manual. No aerodynamic balances on tail surfaces.
STRUCTURE: Generally of glass fibre, with carbon fibre and duralumin.
LANDING GEAR: Tricycle type. Mainwheels retract inwards: nosewheel rearwards.
POWER PLANT: Not specified. Three-blade propeller. Fuel capacity 114 litres (30.0 US gallons; 25.0 Imp gallons).
DIMENSIONS, EXTERNAL: | |
Wing span | 8.75 m (28 ft 4½ in) |
Length overall | 7.50 m (24 ft 7¼ in) |
Height overall | 3.20 m (10 ft 6 in) |
WEIGHTS AND LOADINGS: | |
Weight empty | 450 kg (992 lb) |
Max T-O weight | 800 kg (1,763 lb) |
PERFORMANCE (estimated): | |
Never-exceed speed (VNE) | 156 kt (290 km/h; 180 mph) |
Cruising speed at 75% power | 135 kt (241 km/h; 150 mph) |
Stalling speed, power off: | |
flaps up | 53 kt (97 km/h; 60 mph) |
flaps down | 44 kt (81 km/h; 50 mph) |
Max rate of climb at S/L | 304 m (1,000 ft)/min |
Service ceiling | 4,570 m (15,000 ft) |
T-O run, ISA: at S/L | 200 m (660 ft) |
at 1,220 m (4,000 ft) | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
Landing run | 400 m (1,315 ft) |
Range | 955 n miles (1,770 km; 1,100 miles) |