The Goair Trainer is an Australian single-engined, two-seat, training or touring cabin monoplane designed and built by Goair Products at Bankstown Airport in Sydney, Australia.

Trainer
The first Goair Trainer at an aviation industry trade fair in 1998
Role Two-seat training or touring monoplane
National origin Australia
Manufacturer Goair Products
Designer Phil Goard
First flight 1995
Number built 2
Variants Brumby Aircraft Brumby 600

Design and development

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The Trainer is a low-wing monoplane, first flown in July 1995 and powered by a 118 hp (88 kW) Lycoming O-235 piston engine driving a two-bladed propeller.[1] It has a fixed tricycle landing gear and an enclosed cockpit for two in side-by-side configuration with a sliding canopy for access.[1]

Flight testing was completed in November 1998; following this a second substantially-modified aircraft was built as the GoAir GT-1 Trainer, using the engine and instruments from the first aircraft.[2] Changes included a wider fuselage and different ailerons and flaps; the GT-1 was eventually developed into the Brumby Aircraft Brumby 600.[1][2][3]

Specifications

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Data from [1]Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1999-2000

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
  • Wingspan: 28 ft 0 in (8.76 m)
  • Height: 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
  • Wing area: 113 sq ft (10.50 m2)
  • Empty weight: 900 lb (400 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1,650 lb (748 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-235 flat-four piston engine , 118 hp (88 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 132 mph (213 km/h, 115 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 115 mph (185 km/h, 100 kn)
  • Stall speed: 52 mph (84 km/h, 45 kn)
  • Endurance: 4 hours

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Jackson 1999, p.7
  2. ^ a b Australian Aviation 2001, p.88
  3. ^ Australian Aviation 2009, p.52

Bibliography

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  • Paul Jackson, ed. (1999). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1999-2000. Jane's Information Group Limited. ISBN 0-7106-1898-0.
  • Arbon, Tony (2001). "Australian Civil Aircraft Register Update". Australian Aviation (April 2001). Aerospace Publications Pty. Ltd.: 87–89.
  • Zupp, Owen (2009). "Brumby LSA: An Australian thoroughbred". Australian Aviation (June 2009). Phantom Media Pty. Ltd.: 52–56.