Pottier P.220S Koala Explained

The Pottier P.220S Koala is a French two-seat light homebuilt aircraft and built by Avions Pottier. Further three and four seat variants were also developed.

Design and development

The Koala is based on the earlier P.210S Coati, a single-seat tailwheel monoplane. The Koala is a mainly metal construction low-wing monoplane with a swept-back single fin and powered by a 750NaN0 VW/Limbach engine. It has a fixed tricycle landing gear and an enclosed cabin for two side-by-side.

Three and four-seat variants have been produced and others with different engines have also been built in the Czech Republic by Evektor and Aertotechnik, and in Italy by SG Aviation.

Variants

P.220S Koala

Two-seats side-by-side and powered by a 750NaN0 VW/Limbach engine.

P.230S Panda

Three-seat variant with a 1000NaN0 Continental O-200 engine.

P.240S Saiga

Four-seat variant with a 1800NaN0 Lycoming engine.

P.250S Xerus

Two-seat tandem seat variant of the Koala, not exactly the same size and has a one-piece canopy rather than a two-piece as other variants.

P.270S Amster

Four-seat variant like the P.240S but with a 1500NaN0 Lycoming engine.

References

Bibliography

Book: Paul Jackson . Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1999-2000. 1999 . Jane's Information Group Limited. 0-7106-1898-0.