Comp Air 7

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An AeroComp Comp Air 7SL at the COPA Convention in Wetaskiwin, Alberta June, 2005

The Comp Air 7 is a piston or turboprop-powered light civil utility aircraft manufactured in kit form. It is configured as a conventional high-wing monoplane with tailwheel undercarriage.[2]

Variants

Comp Air 7
Piston-powered aircraft typically equipped with a Lycoming IO-540 piston engine of 290 hp[1]
Comp Air 7SLX
Turbine powered aircraft equipped typically with a Walter M601 turboprop of 660 shp[1]

Production

By the fall of 2007 70 Comp Air 7s and 25 Comp Air 7SLs had been completed and were flying.[1]

Specifications (typical Comp Air 7SLX)

Source: Kitplanes Magazine[1] General characteristics

  • Crew: one pilot
  • Capacity: 6 passengers
  • Length: 29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
  • Wingspan: 33 ft 0 in (10.15 m)
  • Height: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
  • Wing area: 178 ft² (16.5 m²)
  • Empty weight: 2,400 lb (1088 kg)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 4,200 lb (1,905 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Walter M601 turboprop, 660 shp (550 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 275 mph (443 km/h)
  • Cruise speed: 230 mph (372 km/h)
  • Stall speed: 54 mph (87 km/h)
  • Range: 1040 sm (1685 km)
  • Rate of climb: 3,000 ft/min (923 m/min)
  • Power/mass: 6.36 lb/hp (0.26 kW/kg)


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Kitplanes Staff: 2008 Kit Aircraft Directory, pages 46-47, Kitplanes Magazine December 2007 Volume 24, Number 12, Belvior Publications, Aviation Publishing Group LLC.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 49. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851

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