Airo 1

Airo 1
Role Ultralight aircraft and Light-sport aircraft
National origin United Arab Emirates
Manufacturer Airo Aviation
Introduction 2008
Status In production
Developed from Euro Ala JetFox

The Airo 1 is a United Arab Emirates ultralight and light-sport aircraft produced by Airo Aviation of the Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1][2]

Design and development

The aircraft is a licensed development of the Italian Euro Ala JetFox and was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules and also the US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. The company claims it was accepted as a US LSA in 2008 but it did not appear on the official Federal Aviation Administration 2016 list of S-LSAs.[1][2][3][4][5]

The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 9.78 m (32.1 ft) span wing employs V-struts and jury struts. Standard engines available are the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL and the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplants. The engine is mounted on the main keel tube that runs from the tail to the engine, mounting the engine above the cockpit.[1][2]

Specifications (Airo 1)

Data from Bayerl and Tacke[1][2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Wingspan: 9.78 m (32 ft 1 in)
  • Wing area: 14.62 m2 (157.4 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 278 kg (613 lb)
  • Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 59 litres (13 imp gal; 16 US gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke, 75 kW (101 hp)
  • Propellers: 3-bladed composite ground adjustable

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 175 km/h (109 mph, 94 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn)
  • Stall speed: 60 km/h (37 mph, 32 kn)
  • Rate of climb: 6 m/s (1,200 ft/min)
  • Wing loading: 30.8 kg/m2 (6.3 lb/sq ft)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 23. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. ^ a b c d Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 24. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
  3. ^ Experimental Aircraft Association (2012). "EAA's Listing of Special Light-Sport Aircraft". Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  4. ^ Airo Aviation (2008). "Welcome to Airo Aviation". Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  5. ^ Federal Aviation Administration (26 September 2016). "SLSA Make/Model Directory". Retrieved 8 January 2017.