Golden Avio F30
The Golden Avio F30 is an Italian ultralight aircraft designed by Stelio Frati and produced by Golden Avio, a division of Golden Car, an automotive parts and prototyping company located in Caramagna Piemonte. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1]
Design and development
The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed or retractable tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.[1]
The aircraft is made from sheet aluminum. Its 8.6 m (28.2 ft) span wing has an area of 10.6 m2 (114 sq ft) and mounts flaps. The standard engine available is the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant, although it can accommodate engines of up to 200 hp (149 kW).[1]
Variants
- F30 RG
- Retractable landing gear model.[1]
- F30 FG
- Fixed landing gear model, also called the Brio.[1]
Specifications (F30 RG)
Data from Bayerl and Golden Car[1][2]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Length: 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
- Height: 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 10.6 m2 (114 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 289 kg (637 lb)
- Gross weight: 472.5 kg (1,042 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 95 litres (21 imp gal; 25 US gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 75 kW (101 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed GT Propellers G2T VEB, variable pitch
Performance
- Maximum speed: 240 km/h (149 mph; 130 kn)
- Cruising speed: 220 km/h (137 mph; 119 kn)
- Stall speed: 65 km/h (40 mph; 35 kn) flaps down
- Range: 1,200 km (746 mi; 648 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 5,600 m (18,373 ft)
- g limits: +4.4/-2.2
- Rate of climb: 6.1 m/s (1,200 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 44.6 kg/m2 (9.1 lb/sq ft)
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