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Airo Aviation Airo Aviation FZ-LLC Company type - Limited liability company Industry - Aerospace Founded - 2006 Fate - Out of business Headquarters - Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone, United Arab Emirates Products - Ultralight aircraft Website - www.airoaviation.com Airo Aviation FZ-LLC was an Emirati aircraft manufacturer based in the Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone. The company specialized in the manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category. The company was incorporated in 2006 to produce sport aircraft in the United Arab Emirates for the European market using German certification. The company used modern numerical control manufacturing machinery. By early 2019 the company website domain was for sale and the company has likely ceased operations. The AiroAV company produced two designs. The Airo 1, a licensed development of the Italian Euro Ala JetFox microlight and the Airo 5 fibreglass two seat light touring aircraft, a licensed version of the Urban Air Samba. Both aircraft were intended for the US light-sport aircraft market, but as of September 2016 neither appeared on the Federal Aviation Administration's list of approved LSAs. Aircraft Summary of aircraft built by Airo Aviation Model name - First flight - Number built - Type Airo 1 - - - Two seat microlight aircraft, based on the Euro Ala JetFox Airo 5 - - - Two seat fibreglass microlight aircraft, licensed version of the Urban Air Samba Airo 1 Airo 1 Role - Ultralight aircraft and Light-sport aircraft National origin - United Arab Emirates Manufacturer - Airo Aviation Introduction - 2008 Status - In production Developed from - Euro Ala JetFox The Airo 1 is a United Arab Emirates ultralight and light-sport aircraft produced by Airo Aviation of the Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft. Design and development The aircraft is a licensed development of the Italian Euro Ala JetFox and was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules and also the US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. The company claims it was accepted as a US LSA in 2008 but it did not appear on the official Federal Aviation Administration 2016 list of S-LSAs. The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 9.78 m (32.1 ft) span wing employs V-struts and jury struts. Standard engines available are the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL and the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplants. The engine is mounted on the main keel tube that runs from the tail to the engine, mounting the engine above the cockpit. Specifications (Airo 1) (Data from Bayerl and Tacke) General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: one passenger Wingspan: 9.78 m (32 ft 1 in) Wing area: 14.62 m2 (157.4 sq ft) Empty weight: 278 kg (613 lb) Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb) Fuel capacity: 59 litres (13 imp gal; 16 US gal) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke, 75 kW (101 hp) Propellers: 3-bladed composite ground adjustable Performance Maximum speed: 175 km/h (109 mph, 94 kn) Cruise speed: 150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn) Stall speed: 60 km/h (37 mph, 32 kn) Rate of climb: 6 m/s (1,200 ft/min) Wing loading: 30.8 kg/m2 (6.3 lb/sq ft) |