TYPE: Utility kitbuilt.

PROGRAMME: Designation indicates 'seven-seat sport utility airplane'. Prototype, registered N3061L, exhibited at Sun 'n' Fun, Lakeland, Florida, April 2003; had not then flown.

COSTS: US$300,000 (2003).

DESIGN FEATURES: High wing braced to lower fuselage by single streamline strut each side. Two upper surface fences and downswept tips on each mainplane. Sweptback fin with fillet.

FLYING CONTROLS: Conventional and manual.

STRUCTURE: Generally of composites.

LANDING GEAR: Tricycle type; fixed. Spring steel cantilever mainwheel legs and steerable nosewheel.

POWER PLANT: One 298 kW (400 hp) Chevrolet 502 motorcar engine.

ACCOMMODATION: Seven persons, including pilot(s).

All data are provisional

DIMENSIONS, EXTERNAL:

• Wing span: 13.00 m (41 ft 4 in)
• Length overall: 10.52 m (34 ft 6 in)
• Height overall: 4.06 m (13 ft 4 in)

AREAS:

• Wings, gross: 18.02 m² (194,0 sq ft)

WEIGHTS AND LOADINGS:

• Weight empty: 1,361 kg (3,000 lb)
• Max T-O weight: 2,358 kg (5,200 lb)
• Max wing loading: 129,3 kg/m² (26,80 lb/sq ft)
• Max power loading: 7,91 kg/kW (13,00 lb/hp)

PERFORMANCE:

• Max level speed at S/L: 171 kt (317 km/h; 197 mph)
• Cruising speed at 75% power: 155 kt (286 km/h; 178 mph)
• Stalling speed, power off, flaps down: 49 kt (91 km/h; 56 mph)
• Max rate of climb at S/L: 366 m (1,200 ft)/min
• Service ceiling: 3,050 m (10,000 ft)
• T-O to 15 m (50 ft): 662 m (2,170 ft)
• Landing from 15 m (50 ft): 488 m (1,600 ft)
• Landing run: 244 m (800 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