Английская Википедия:Fly Synthesis Texan

Материал из Онлайн справочника
Перейти к навигацииПерейти к поиску

Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English

The Fly Synthesis Texan is an Italian ultralight and light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Fly Synthesis and which has been in production since 1999. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1][2]

Design and development

The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules and US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed or retractable tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.[1][2]

The aircraft is made from carbon fibre. Its Шаблон:Convert span wing has an area of Шаблон:Convert and flaps. Standard engines available are the Шаблон:Convert Rotax 912UL, the Шаблон:Convert Rotax 912ULS and the Шаблон:Convert Jabiru 2200 four-stroke powerplants.[1][2]

Operational history

On 23 November 2013, six Fly Synthesis Texans broke the Guinness world record for the lowest flying formation by flying at Шаблон:Convert below sea level at the Dead Sea in Israel.[3]

Variants

Файл:24-5204 Fly Synthesis Texan 600 (8545155107).jpg
Texan 600
Texan 600
Version with a gross weight of Шаблон:Convert and with fixed landing gear, for the United States light-sport aircraft class. Known as the Lafayette Texan in the US.[1][2]
Texan Top Class
Version with a gross weight of Шаблон:Convert and with fixed landing gear, for the European microlight aircraft class.[1][2]
Texan Club
Version of the Texan Top Class with a gross weight of Шаблон:Convert, with fixed landing gear and equipped with a Шаблон:Convert Rotax 912UL engine for the European microlight aircraft class.[1][2]
Texan RG
Version of the Texan Top Class with a gross weight of Шаблон:Convert and retractable landing gear for the European microlight aircraft class.[1][2]

Specifications (Texan Top Class)

Файл:Flysynthesis Texan wefly Team 2009 13.jpg
Texans flown by the WeFly! Team in 2009

Шаблон:Aircraft specs

See also

Similar aircraft

References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links

Шаблон:Commons category

Шаблон:Portal bar Шаблон:Fly Synthesis aircraft

  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 52. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 2,5 2,6 Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 55. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. Шаблон:ISSN
  3. AOPA Israel (November 2013) New Israeli Guinness Record of lowest, below sea level, formation flight has been broken 23 November 2013, retrieved 13 March 2014