Airo 1

Airo 1
Role Ultralight aircraft and Light-sport aircraft
National origin United Arab Emirates
Manufacturer Airo Aviation
Introduction 2008
Status In production
Unit cost
49.980 (2011)
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]

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 does not appear on the official list of S-LSAs.[1][2][3]

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]

Specifications (Airo 1)

Data from Bayerl[1]

General characteristics

Performance


References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 23. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Experimental Aircraft Association (2012). "EAA's Listing of Special Light-Sport Aircraft". Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  3. Airo Aviation (2008). "Welcome to Airo Aviation". Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2012.

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