TYPE: Four-seat kitbuilt.

PROGRAMME: Project begun in 1996. Prototype first flew (ZU-CNH) 1 December 2002. Marketing began June 2003.

COSTS: Kit US$32,000, excluding engine, instruments and avionics (2003).

DESIGN FEATURES: Intended to possess STOL performance and operate over long ranges from airfields with density altitudes of some 2,440 m (8,000 ft). Detail design, by former RAF flying instructor Peter Wareham, obviates features of other aircraft which "aviators find frustrating", including cabin width, view from rear seats (raised 15 cm; 6 in), all-round view (bulged canopy and downward-sloping engine cowling) and access to switches and controls. Limited aerobatic capability.
Prominently curved fuselage in profile; constant-chord wing with upturned tips; sweptback fin with fillet and underfin.
Wing section NACA 64 series.

FLYING CONTROLS: Conventional and manual. Flaps.

STRUCTURE: Composites throughout.

LANDING GEAR: Tricycle type; fixed.

POWER PLANT: One 157 kW (210 hp) Teledyne Continental IO-360 flat-six. Fuel capacity 326 litres (86.1 US gallons; 71.1 Imp gallons).

ACCOMMODATION: Four persons in two side-by-side pairs. large door permits stretcher access.

AVIONICS: To customer/builder's requirements.

EQUIPMENT: Optional glider towing hook.

DIMENSIONS, EXTERNAL:

• Wing span: 9.80 m (32 ft 1¾ in)
• Wing aspect ratio: 6.2
• Length overall: 7.25 m (23 ft 9½ in)
• Height overall: 2.36 m (7 ft 9 in)

DIMENSIONS, INTERNAL:

• Cabin max width: 1.17 m (3 ft 10 in)

AREAS:

• Wings, gross: 15.50 m² (166.8 sq ft)
• Horizontal tail surfaces (total): 2.53 m² (27.23 sq ft)

WEIGHTS AND LOADINGS:

• Weight empty: 560 kg (1,235 lb)
• Max T-O weight: 1,025 kg (2,259 lb)
• Max wing loading: 66.1 kg/m² (13.54 lb/sq ft)
• Max power loading: 6.55 kg/kW (10.76 lb/hp)

PERFORMANCE (estimated):

• Max level speed: 152 kt (281 km/h; 175 mph)
• Cruising speed at 75% power: 137 kt (253 km/h; 157 mph)
• Stalling speed, flaps down: 44 kt (80 km/h; 50 mph)
• Max rate of climb at S/L: 600 m (1,970 ft)/min
• Service ceiling: 8,230 m (27,000 ft)
• T-O run: 190 m (625 ft)
• Range at econ cruising speed: 1,080 n miles (2,000 km; 1,242 miles)
• g limits at 820 kg (1,800 lb) AUW: +6/-3.5

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