TYPE: Side-by-side ultralight.

PROGRAMME: Design work started 1991; prototype (OK-EUC 01) made first flight 22 October 1997. A second prototype has also flown. Will be certified in both ultralight and VLA categories.

DESIGN FEATURES: Typical small lightplane low-wing configuration. Wing sections NACA 2305 at root, NACA 2312 at tip.

FLYING CONTROLS: Conventional and manual. Horn-balanced rudder and one-piece elevator; central trim tab in elevator. Flaps fitted.

STRUCTURE: Mainly composites fuselage and wooden wings with single spar.

LANDING GEAR: Tricycle type; fixed. Cantilever self-sprung main units; castoring nosewheel.

POWER PLANT: One 70.8 kW (95 hp) Aero Max 2400 piston engine; two-blade propeller. Fuel capacity 40 litres (10.6 US gallons; 8.8 Imp gallons).

ACCOMMODATION: Pilot and passenger seated side by side. Doors open forwards. Baggage compartment behind seats.

DIMENSIONS, EXTERNAL:

  • Wing span: 9.80 m (32 ft 1¾ in)
  • Length overall: 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in)
  • Height overall: 2.80 m (9 ft 2¼ in)

AREAS:

  • Wings, gross: 12.86 m² (138.4 sq ft)

WEIGHTS AND LOADINGS:

  • Weight empty: 305 kg (672 lb)
  • Max T-O weight: 450 kg (992 lb)

PERFORMANCE:

  • Max level speed: 124 kt (230 km/h; 143 mph)
  • Cruising speed: 94 kt (175 km/h; 109 mph)
  • Stalling speed, flaps down: 38 kt (70 km/h; 44 mph)
  • Max rate of climb at S/L: 330 m (1,083 ft)/s
  • Service ceiling: 3,000 m (9,840 ft)
  • T-O to 15 m (50 ft): 250 m (820 ft)
  • Landing from 15 m (50 ft): 280 m (919 ft)

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

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