The Comp Air 6 is a light civil utility aircraft manufactured in the United States by Comp Air.[1]
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1998-built Comp Air 6 at AirVenture in 2010 | |
Role | Kit aircraft |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Comp Air |
First flight | January 1996 |
Number built | 66 (2011) |
Design and development
editThe Comp Air 6 is a stretched and widened development of the four-seat Aerocomp CompMonster which had first flown on 3 April 1995.
The Comp Air 6 has a fore-and-aft fuselage splice to widen and lengthen the cabin from the original design. It is usually supplied in kit form. The design is configured as a conventional high-wing monoplane and may be built with either tricycle or tailwheel undercarriage and may alternately be equipped with floats as the CA6SF, amphibious as the CA6AF, or with skis.[2]
Specifications (Comp Air 6, 220 hp Franklin engine)
editData from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004.[3]
General characteristics
- Crew: one pilot
- Capacity: 3 adults and two children
- Length: 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
- Wingspan: 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m)
- Height: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
- Wing area: 212.0 sq ft (19.70 m2)
- Airfoil: modified Clark Y
- Empty weight: 1,490 lb (676 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 2,580 lb (1,293 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Franklin piston engine, 220 hp (164 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 167 mph (268 km/h, 145 kn)
- Cruise speed: 153 mph (246 km/h, 133 kn)
- Stall speed: 40 mph (65 km/h, 35 kn)
- Range: 800 mi (1,287 km, 695 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 18,000 ft (5,480 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,200 ft/min (6.1 m/s)
References
edit- Jackson, Paul. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004. Coulsdon, UK, 2003. ISBN 0-7106-2537-5.
- Simpson, Rod, Airlife's World Aircraft, 2001, Airlife Publishing Ltd, ISBN 1-84037-115-3.
External links
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