Comp Air 6

Comp Air 6
1998-built Comp Air 6 at AirVenture in 2010
Role	Kit aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Comp Air
Number built	66 (2011)

The Comp Air 6 is a light civil utility aircraft manufactured in the United States.^[1]

Design and development

The Comp Air 6 is a stretched and widened development of the four-seat Aerocomp CompMonster which had first flown on 3 April 1995.

The Comp Air 6 has a fore-and-aft fuselage splice to widen and lengthen the cabin from the original design. It is usually supplied in kit form. The design is configured as a conventional high-wing monoplane and may be built with either tricycle or tailwheel undercarriage and may alternately be equipped with floats as the CA6SF, amphibious as the CA6AF, or with skis.^[2]

Specifications (Comp Air 6, 220 hp Franklin engine)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004.^[3]

General characteristics

• Crew: one pilot
• Capacity: 3 adults and two children
• Length: 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
• Wingspan: 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m)
• Height: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
• Wing area: 212.0 sq ft (19.70 m²)
• Airfoil: modified Clark Y
• Empty weight: 1,490lb (676 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 2,580 lb (1,293 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Franklin piston engines, 220 hp (164 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 167 mph (145 knots, 268 km/h)
• Cruise speed: 153 mph (133 knots, 246 km/h)
• Stall speed: 40 mph (35 knots, 65 km/h)
• Range: 800 mi (695 nmi, 1,287 km)
• Service ceiling: 18,000 ft (5,480 m)
• Rate of climb: 1,200 ft/min (6.1 m/s)

References

1. Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 49. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
2. Simpson
3. Jackson 2003, p. 501.

• Jackson, Paul. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004. Coulsdon, UK, 2003. ISBN 0-7106-2537-5.
• Simpson, Rod, Airlife's World Aircraft, 2001, Airlife Publishing Ltd, ISBN 1-84037-115-3.

External links

• Comp Air 6 on manufacturer's website