TYPE: Four-seat kitbuilt.
PROGRAMME: Prototype (C-GJUY) flown 2002. No other completions known.
DESIGN FEATURES: Extrapolation of Pegazair, with deeper fuselage. High-mounted, parallel-chord wings with V-strut bracing and STOL optimisation including Handley Page leading-edge slats. Large rear surfaces for low-speed control, including sweptback fin with large ventral fillet and tailplane attached below.
FLYING CONTROLS: Manual. Junkers flaperons. All-moving fin and tailplane, latter having two anti-balance tabs.
STRUCTURE: Welded steel tube with aluminium skin. All metal wing and horizontal tail.
LANDING GEAR: Tailwheel type; fixed. Braced mainwheel legs with rubber-in-compression shock absorption; steerable tailwheel. Mainwheels 8.00-6. Hydraulic brakes.
POWER PLANT: One 134 kW (180 hp) Textron Lycoming O-360 flat-six, driving a two-blade propeller. Fuel capacity 208 litres (55.0 US gallons; 45.81 Imp gallons).
ACCOMMODATION: Four persons in two side-by-side pairs. Upward-hinged door each side. Large baggage compartment to rear, with large, external (port) door.
DIMENSIONS, EXTERNAL:
- Wing span: 10.21 m (33 ft 6 in)
DIMENSIONS, INTERNAL:
- Cabin max width: 1.22 m (4 ft 0 in)
WEIGHTS AND LOADINGS:
- Weight empty: 621 kg (1,368 lb)
- Max T-O weight: 1,133 kg (2,500 lb)
- Max power loading: 8.45 kg/kW (13.89 lb/hp)
PERFORMANCE:
- Cruising speed: 100 kt (185 km/h; 115 mph)
- Stalling speed, power on: 31 kt (67 km/h; 35 mph)
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
