Cobalt Co50 Valkyrie
| Co50 Valkyrie | |
|---|---|
 | |
| incomplete prototype | |
| Role | Private Aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Cobalt |
| First flight | January 2015 |
| Status | prototype |
| Unit cost | $699,000 for Co50 Standard Certified $595,000 for Factory-Built experimental |
The Cobalt Co50 Valkyrie is an single-engine four to five-seat canard pusher configuration light experimental aircraft. Intended for private ownership, it is being developed in the United States by Cobalt Aircraft.
Design
The composite design incorporates a retractable landing gear, a pusher engine configuration, a canard, twin vertical stabilizers, and automatic airbrakes.[1] A ballistic parachute is provided as an option. Passenger entry is by a large forward fold down door. Production is planned to occur in the United States.
The Co50 is being sold under a Special Airworthiness Certificate as an experimental (homebuilt) aircraft and while the manufacturer intends to achieve full certification that is unlikely to occur before 2018, not least due to the electronics Cobalt has chosen being untested for aircraft use.[2]
Specifications (Co50)
Data from Company news release estimates[3][4]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1 Pilot
- Capacity: 3 to 4 Passengers
- Length: 9 m (30 ft)
- Wingspan: 9 m (30 ft)
- Height: 3 m (10 ft)
- Max takeoff weight: 1,550 kg (3,417 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 109 Gallons
- Powerplant: 1 × TSIOF 550-D Teledyne Continental turbocharged piston engine, 260 kW (350 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 463 km/h (288 mph; 250 kn) Max Cruise @ FL250
- Cruising speed: 407 km/h (253 mph; 220 kn) Economy Cruise @ FL220
- Range: 1,850 km (1,150 mi; 999 nmi) Economy Cruise @ FL220
- Service ceiling: 7,620 m (25,000 ft)
- Time to altitude: 12 minutes to 10,000 feet
Avionics
- Garmin G3X Touch
References
- ↑ "Cobalt Aircraft Unveils Co50 Valkyrie". Flying Magazine.
- ↑ Ulanoff, Lance (2016-02-21). "Is the Valkyrie Co50 a test case for FAA’s willingness to innovate?". Mashable. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Cobalt unveils piston pusher". aopa.org. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.