Swiss Excellence Risen Explained

The Swiss Excellence Risen is a Swiss two-seat in side-by-side configuration, low wing ultralight aircraft, designed by Italian-Argentine aeronautical engineer Alberto Porto and produced by Swiss Excellence Airplanes. The aircraft was introduced at the 2015 AERO Friedrichshafen show.[1] It is supplied ready-to-fly.[2] [3] [4]

Design and development

The prototype was completed in 2012 and tested over the next three years before being publicly shown in 2015.[2] [5] [6] [7] The design entered production in mid-2015.[3]

The aircraft has a glass cockpit, motorized canopy, autopilot, retractable landing gear and a ballistic parachute. The main structure is made from carbon fibre. Available engines are 100hp Rotax 912 ULS and Rotax 912 iS and the 115hp Rotax 914 turbocharged powerplant.[2]

In 2020 the aircraft's gross weight was increased from 472.5to.[4]

Operational history

In 2016 the design set an FAI Class R (Microlights and paramotors) world speed record for absolute speed of 323.82 km/h (201 mph) with a standard Rotax 912 engine.[8] For this record the pilot Alberto Porto, who is also the CEO of Swiss Excellence Airplanes, received an Oscar from VFR Magazine[9] and the De la Vaulx Medal by the FAI.[10]

The FAI records table lists the Risen as having flown at the speed of 428.18 km/h (266 mph) over a straight course on Jan 22, 2023.[11]

Variants

Swiss Excellence Risen
  • Model with retractable landing gear[1]
    Swiss Excellence Siren
  • Model with fixed landing gear and revised cockpit arrangement.[12] [13]

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: AERO 2015 – Interview with ALBERTO PORTO – Swiss-Excellence-Airplanes - FlyEurope.tv. flyeurope.tv. 10 November 2016.
    2. Web site: Risen - Swiss Excellence Airplanes. https://web.archive.org/web/20160404144417/http://www.sea-avio.com/index.html. 4 April 2016. dead.
    3. Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 79. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
    4. Web site: Side-by-side 2-seat ultralight airplane. 26 December 2020. Porto Aviation Group. flyrisen.com. 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200129025411/http://www.flyrisen.com/indexEn.html. 29 January 2020. live.
    5. Web site: AERO-Premiere der Extraklasse: Risen: Top-UL aus der Schweiz. aerokurier.de. 15 April 2015. 10 November 2016.
    6. Web site: SWISS ULTRALIGHT WILL CRUISE AT 160 KNOTS. 22 April 2015. 10 November 2016.
    7. Web site: Risen Ultra-Light Aircraft, Switzerland. 10 November 2016.
    8. Web site: Fai Record File. fai.org. 10 November 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161110141246/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=17912. 10 November 2016.
    9. Web site: Pavullo: GLI Oscar VFR . 19 March 2022. vsaviation.it. 29 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161101150213/http://vsaviation.it/2016/06/29/pavullo-gli-oscar-vfr/. 1 November 2016. dead.
    10. Web site: Prestigious FAI Awards presented for 2016. Faustine. Carrera. fai.org. 10 November 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161110120011/http://www.fai.org/envc-awards/envc-news-awards/42407-prestigious-fai-awards-presented-for-2016. 10 November 2016.
    11. Web site: Records World Air Sports Federation . 2023-07-26 . www.fai.org.
    12. Web site: Du Risen au Siren – aeroVFR. 10 November 2016.
    13. Web site: AERO 2016: Swiss Excellence Airplanes: Auf Risen folgt Siren. 22 April 2016. 10 November 2016.

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