Falcomposite Furio
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| Role | Homebuilt aircraft |
| National origin | New Zealand |
| Manufacturer | Falcomposite |
| Designer | Falcomposite |
| First flight | 6 February 2008 |
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The Falcomposite Furio is a two seat kitplane of carbon fibre construction. It is a two-seat, low-wing monoplane with retractable landing gear. The Furio may be powered by a range of four cylinder horizontally opposed piston aircraft engines.[1]
The aircraft kit, designed in New Zealand by brothers Lapo and Giovanni Nustrini, uses advanced composite material technology to reduce the complexity of the structure and therefore reduce the time required to complete construction.[2]
The prototype, registered ZK-LLG, took off on its first flight on 6 February 2008. As of January 2012, three aircraft are identified on the New Zealand register.
Specifications (Furio LN27 RG)
Data from Manufacturer's Website [3]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2: student, instructor
- Length: 22 ft 4 in (6.8 m)
- Wingspan: 26 ft 4 in (8.02 m)
- Height: 7 ft 10 in (2.4 m)
- Wing area: 110 ft2 (10.2 m2)
- Empty weight: 1,366 lb (620 kg)
- Useful load: 1014 lb (460 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 2,381 lb (1080 kg)
- Powerplant: 1× XP-IO-360 piston engine, 180 hp (135 kW)
Performance
- Never exceed speed: 240 mph (209 kts)
- Maximum speed: 219 mph (190 kts)
- Range: 1265 mls (1100 nm)
- Rate of climb: 610 m/m (2000 ft/m)
References
- ↑ Sport Aviation: 21. March 2009. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Louisson, Simon (2008-02-12). "Immigrant Italian innovators launch aircraft prototype". Infonews. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
- ↑ "Falcomposite Furio specifications".
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