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Aeroálcool
Type - Sociedade Anônima
Industry - Aerospace
Founded - 2001; 21 years ago
Headquarters - Franca, São Paulo, Brazil
Products - Airplanes

Aeroálcool is a Brazilian aerospace company based at Franca, São Paulo.
History
The company was founded in 2001 by Omar Pugliesi and the US-American James Waterhouse, originally to produce the ultralight aircraft Aeroalcool Quasar. In the meantime, the company also develop technologies to run engines with ethanol.
Aeroálcool operates in the aerospace industry, with the development and production, as well as the license construction of aircraft and components. In addition, unmanned aerial vehicles for civil and military purposes are designed and built.

Aircraft
Summary of aircraft built by Aeroálcool Aircraft
Model name - First flight - Number built - Type
Aeroalcool Quasar - 2007 - 60 - Two seat light-sport aircraft

Aeroalcool Quasar

Quasar
Role - Light-sport aircraft
National origin - Brazil
Manufacturer - Aeroálcool
Designer - Frank Porter and James Waterhouse
Introduction - 2007
Status - In production
Number built - 60 (2015)

The Aeroalcool Quasar is a Brazilian light-sport aircraft that is produced by Aeroálcool and was introduced in 2007.
Design and development
The aircraft was designed by American Frank Porter with assistance from James Waterhouse of the Federal University of São Carlos in Brazil, to comply with the US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a cantilever low-wing, a two seats in side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a forward hinged canopy, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made from aluminum sheet and has a 9.25 m (30.3 ft) span wing. The initial engine used was the Japanese 60 hp (45 kW) HKS 700E four-stroke powerplant which gives it a cruise speed of 210 km/h (130 mph) while burning only 9 litres (2.0 imp gal; 2.4 US gal) per hour of auto fuel.
A total of 60 had been built by 2015.

Variants

Quasar Lite
Initial model, powered by the 85 hp (63 kW) Jabiru 2200 four-stroke powerplant.
Quasar 214SL
Import version for the US market, distributed by Quasar Aircraft Company, Inc. Accepted as a US light sport aircraft in 2007.
Quasar Fast
Model powered by the 120 hp (89 kW) Jabiru 3300 four-stroke powerplant.

Specifications (Quasar Lite)
Data from Bayerl

General characteristics
Crew: one
Capacity: one passenger
Wingspan: 9.25 m (30 ft 4 in)
Wing area: 9.2 m2 (99 sq ft)
Empty weight: 215 kg (474 lb)
Gross weight: 589 kg (1,299 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × HKS 700E two cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke, 45 kW (60 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed ground adjustable
Performance
Maximum speed: 260 km/h (160 mph, 140 kn)
Cruise speed: 191 km/h (119 mph, 103 kn)
Stall speed: 72 km/h (45 mph, 39 kn)
Rate of climb: 4.32 m/s (850 ft/min)