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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.
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.
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 9.78 m (32.1 ft) span wing employs V-struts and jury struts. Standard engines available are the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL and the 100 hp (75 kW) 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.
Specifications (Airo 1)
Data from Bayerl and TackeGeneral characteristics
Crew: one
Capacity: one passenger
Wingspan: 9.78 m (32 ft 1 in)
Wing area: 14.62 m2 (157.4 sq ft)
Empty weight: 278 kg (613 lb)
Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
Fuel capacity: 59 litres (13 imp gal; 16 US gal)
Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke, 75 kW (101 hp)
Propellers: 3-bladed composite ground adjustable
Performance
Maximum speed: 175 km/h (109 mph, 94 kn)
Cruise speed: 150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn)
Stall speed: 60 km/h (37 mph, 32 kn)
Rate of climb: 6 m/s (1,200 ft/min)
Wing loading: 30.8 kg/m2 (6.3 lb/sq ft)
References
External links
Official website
Company website archives on Archive.org