Swift Aircraft Swift

Swift
Role Aerobatic two seat light aircraft
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Swift Aircraft
First flight Not yet occurred (February 2012)




The Swift Aircraft Swift is a single engine, conventional light aircraft, seating two in side-by-side configuration. It is being developed in the UK but has yet to fly.

Design and development

The Swift is mostly built from composite materials; flying surfaces and the fuselage are formed from composite sandwiches and the wing and tailplane have carbon fibre spars. It has a low wing of trapezoidal plan with slightly upturned tips, fitted with Frise ailerons and slotted flaps. The rear surfaces are also trapezoidal. There is a trim tab in the elevator and a ground adjustable tab on the rudder.[1]

The cockpit has a fixed windscreen and rearward-sliding canopy and is equipped with dual controls. There is a baggage space behind the side-by-side seats. The Swift has a fixed, tricycle undercarriage with the mainwheels on fuselage mounted, spring steel, cantilever legs. The mainwheels have disc brakes and the nosewheel is steerable. The Swift is designed to accept a range of Textron Lycoming horizontally opposed engines in the power range 119-194 kW (160-260 hp), driving a three-bladed propeller.[1]

The Swift program was announced in May 2009 with hopes of a first flight in the following summer but by 2010 this target had slipped to early 2012.[1] There have been no recent progress reports.

Variants

Swift II
Intended to be type certified to EASA CS-23
Swift VLA
Intended to be certified to EASA CS-VLA in kit and factory-complete flyaway versions

Specifications (Swift II)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2011/12[1] Performance estimated.

General characteristics

Performance

Avionics


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jackson, Paul (2011). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2011-12. Coulsdon, Surrey: IHS Jane's. p. 596. ISBN 978-0-7106-2955-5.