No projected date has been announced for kit deliveries and no pricing has been set as of January 2018.[4]
The Neo was designed to comply with the amateur-built aircraft construction rules. The first prototype was completed in 2008 and ground run. By 2010 ground testing had been completed, including rotor system tracking and balancing. The prototype first flew in hovering flight on 31 October 2011 and developmental hover flight testing continued through 2015.[1] [5]
The Neo design features a single main rotor, with no tail rotor, a two-seats-in side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit with a windshield, skid landing gear and a twin-rotor 1800NaN0 Neosis Wankel engine.[1] The aircraft fuselage is composite material monocoque design. Its three-bladed rotor has a diameter of 7.71NaN1 and can be folded for hangar storage. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of 3850NaN0 and a gross weight of 6400NaN0, giving a useful load of 2550NaN0. With full fuel of the payload for the pilot, passenger and baggage is 1680NaN0.[1]
The Neo kit under development is intended to be constructed by a person with average mechanical skills. It will not require any welding or composite materials lamination work. The proposed kit will include all sub-assemblies, engine and instruments.[4]