Swift Aircraft Swift
| Swift | |
|---|---|
| Role | Aerobatic two seat light aircraft |
| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | Swift Aircraft |
| First flight | Not yet occurred (February 2012) |
The Swift Aircraft Swift is a single engine, conventional light aircraft, seating two in side-by-side configuration. It is being developed in the UK but has yet to fly.
Design and development[edit]
The Swift is mostly built from composite materials; flying surfaces and the fuselage are formed from composite sandwiches and the wing and tailplane have carbon fibre spars. It has a low wing of trapezoidal plan with slightly upturned tips, fitted with Frise ailerons and slotted flaps. The rear surfaces are also trapezoidal. There is a trim tab in the elevator and a ground adjustable tab on the rudder.[1]
The cockpit has a fixed windscreen and rearward-sliding canopy and is equipped with dual controls. There is a baggage space behind the side-by-side seats. The Swift has a fixed, tricycle undercarriage with the mainwheels on fuselage mounted, spring steel, cantilever legs. The mainwheels have disc brakes and the nosewheel is steerable. The Swift is designed to accept a range of Textron Lycoming horizontally opposed engines in the power range 119-194 kW (160-260 hp), driving a three-bladed propeller.[1]
The Swift program was announced in May 2009. In 2015 Swift Technology Group announced a "multi million pound investment" supporting development of the aircraft and other products,[2][3] and exhibited a static display at AeroExpo UK.[4]
Variants[edit]
- Swift II
- Intended to be type certified to EASA CS-23
- Swift VLA
- Intended to be certified to EASA CS-VLA in kit and factory-complete flyaway versions
Specifications (Swift II)[edit]
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2011/12[1] Performance estimated.
General characteristics
- Capacity: 2
- Length: 6.565 m (21 ft 6 in)
- Wingspan: 8.055 m (26 ft 5 in) including winglets
- Height: 2.015 m (6 ft 7 in)
- Empty weight: 372 kg (820 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 743 kg (1,638 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 187 L (49.4 US gal; 41.1 Imp gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Textron Lycoming air-cooled flat-six engine, 194 kW (260 hp)
- Propellers: 3-bladed MT-Propeller, constant speed
Performance
- Maximum speed: 340 km/h (210 mph, 180 kn)
- Cruise speed: 302 km/h (188 mph, 163 kn) at 75% power
- Stall speed: 93 km/h (58 mph, 50 kn) flaps down
- g limits: +6/-4
- Rate of climb: 10.7 m/s (2,110 ft/min) maximum, at sea level
Avionics
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Jackson, Paul (2011). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2011-12. Coulsdon, Surrey: IHS Jane's. p. 596. ISBN 978-0-7106-2955-5.
- ^ "Swift TG Press Release". Retrieved 17 August 2015. Undated press release.
- ^ "Pilot Magazine". 12 June 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ "Exhibitor List | AeroExpo UK 2015 | AeroExpo UK 2015". 15 April 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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