CZAW SPORT CRUISER

TYPE: Side-by-side lightplane/kitbuilt.

PROGRAMME: Announced January 2006 when prototype believed already flying; LSA approval granted March 2006; public debut at Sun 'n' Fun, Lakeland, Florida, 4 to 10 April 2006 when US demonstrator (N595SC c/n 002) displayed flying and sixth aircraft statically.

COSTS: USD65,000 flyaway; kit USD32,000, excluding engine (2006).

DESIGN FEATURES: Optimised for US S-LSA criteria and as Experimental homebuilt. Low wing with unswept leading edge and sweptforward trailing edge; sweptback fin with small fillet; and low tailplane.

FLYING CONTROLS: Conventional and manual. Balanced ailerons with tab in starboard unit; single-piece elevator with large trim/anti-balance tab; full-height, balanced rudder. Plain flaps.

STRUCTURE: Generally of metal, with composites wingtips.

LANDING GEAR: Nosewheel type; fixed. Fuselage-mounted, cantilever spring mainwheel legs with hydraulic brakes; trailing link, castoring nosewheel on metal tube cantilever leg; all tyres 4.00-6.

POWER PLANT: One 73.5 kW (98.6 hp) Rotax 912 ULS flat-four driving a three-blade, carbon fibre, ground-adjustable pitch propeller as standard. Options include 89 kW (120 hp) Jabiru 3300 flat-six; and Woodcomp three-blade fixed-pitch wooden propeller, ground-adjustable, composites Sensenich two-blade and Sport Prop three-blade propellers and in-flight adjustable equivalents. Fuel in two wing tanks, combined capacity 114 litres (30.1 US gallons; 25.1 Imp gallons).

ACCOMMODATION: Two persons side by side beneath single-piece, forward-hinged canopy/windscreen; small side windows.

SYSTEMS: Electrical system; 12 V.

AVIONICS: Basic flight instruments standard. Communications and navigation options to customer’s requirements.

DIMENSIONS, EXTERNAL:

  • Wing span: 8.50 m (27 ft 10¾ in)
  • Wing aspect ratio: 6.1
  • Length overall: 7,00 m (22 ft 11½ in)

DIMENSIONS, INTERNAL:

  • Cabin max width: 1.14 m (3 ft 8¾ in)

AREAS:

  • Wings, gross: 11.80 m² (127.0 sq ft)

WEIGHTS AND LOADINGS:

  • Weight empty (Rotax 912 ULS): 307 kg (677 lb)
  • Max T-O weight: 598 kg (1,320 lb)
  • Max wing loading: 50.7 kg/m² (10.39 lb/sq ft)
  • Max power loading: 8.15 kg/kW (13.39 lb/hp)

PERFORMANCE (Rotax 912 ULS engine):

  • Never-exceed speed (VNE): 139 kt (258 km/h; 160 mph)
  • Cruising speed at 75% power: 108 kt (201 km/h; 125 mph)
  • Stalling speed: flaps up: 33 kt (61 km/h; 38 mph)
    • flaps down: 30 kt (55 km/h; 35 mph)
  • Max rate of climb at S/L: 360 m (1,181 ft)/min
  • T-O run: 105 m (345 ft)
  • T-O to 15 m (50 ft): 210 m (690 ft)
  • Landing run: 120 m (395 ft)
  • Range at cruising speed: 478 n miles (886 km; 550 miles)
  • Endurance: 5 h