Airo 1 Explained
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.[2] [3] [4] [5]
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 9.781NaN1 span wing employs V-struts and jury struts. Standard engines available are the 800NaN0 Rotax 912UL and the 1000NaN0 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.[2]
External links
Notes and References
- Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 23. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 24. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
- Web site: EAA's Listing of Special Light-Sport Aircraft. 17 April 2012. Experimental Aircraft Association. 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20140228070151/http://sportpilot.org/learn/slsa. 2014-02-28. dead.
- Web site: Welcome to Airo Aviation. 25 April 2012. Airo Aviation. 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100823075057/http://www.airoaviation.com/aircraft-lsa-us.html . 23 August 2010.
- Web site: SLSA Make/Model Directory. 8 January 2017. Federal Aviation Administration. 26 September 2016.
