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The Arion Lightning is a light-sport aircraft available as a kit aircraft or as a production Special LSA.
Design and development
The Lightning was developed by designers Pete Krotje, Ben Krotje and Nick Otterback.
Originally designed as a high speed, low wing composite aircraft for the Jabiru series of engines, the LS-1 was redesigned to meet American light-sport requirements by extending the wings to lower the stall speed and using a fixed pitch propeller.
The aircraft is made from composites. In the homebuilt kit version its 30.5 ft (9.3 m) span wing has an area of 91 sq ft (8.5 m2) and mounts flaps. The aircraft's recommended engine power is 120 hp (89 kW) and the standard engine used is the 120 hp (89 kW) Jabiru 3300 four-stroke powerplant. Construction time from the supplied kit is 600 hours.
Operational history
In 2007 Earl Ferguson set a record for the quickest time for a flight from Savannah to San Diego in a piston engine land plane weighing between 1,102 and 2,205 pounds using this aircraft.
Variants
Arion Lightning EXP
US Experimental amateur-built category aircraft
Arion Lightning XS
Variant of Lightning EXP supporting up to 160 hp engines, including the Lycoming O-320 and ULPower 390iS.
Arion Lightning LS-1 This is Arion's Light Sport variant. It uses the Jabiru 3300, 120 HP. No other engine is offered in the Light Sport variant
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Light-sport aircraft variant with a choice of engines: the 120 hp (89 kW) Jabiru 3300, the 150 hp (112 kW) Lycoming O-320 or the 210 hp (157 kW) Lycoming IO-390.
Data from Arion AircraftGeneral characteristics
Capacity: 2
Length: 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m)
Wingspan: 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Wing area: 104 sq ft (9.7 m2)
Empty weight: 820 lb (372 kg)
Gross weight: 1,320 lb (599 kg) Kit aircraft 1530lbs
Fuel capacity: 22 U.S. gallons (83 L) or 30 gallon option
Powerplant: 1 × Jabiru 3300 , 120 hp (89 kW)
Performance
Maximum speed: 140 kn (160 mph, 260 km/h) 160knts KIT
Cruise speed: 120 kn (140 mph, 220 km/h) 140knts kit
Stall speed: 38 kn (44 mph, 70 km/h) 45knts clean
Never exceed speed: 180 kn (210 mph, 330 km/h)
Range: 520 nmi (600 mi, 970 km)
Service ceiling: 16,000 ft (4,900 m)
Rate of climb: 1,200 ft/min (6.1 m/s) 1500 solo
See also
Related development
Aerocomp VM-1 Esqual
Bye Aerospace eFlyer 2
References
External links
Official website
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