Well, well, fantastic news! Great to see that they managed to do what many others (hello, Pipistrel?) don’t! My earlier cynicism was clearly unjustified in this case.
Mtom 544kg, 10 000ft max ceiling and day only now…
Wondering about basic empty weight?
544 kg MTOM seems very odd. Why not need it up to go for 600 or more?
No idea why but 544 kg is exactly 1200lb
The TC local copy
states Day VFR and very unusually it has a ceiling of 10,000ft:
Why would that be?
It’s a microlight design with the certification standards of CS-23. Actually not too bad if you know what you are buying!
Limitation to 10.000ft seems completely weird – unclear what the root cause for such a limitation could be.
G3x wrote:
Mtom 544kg, 10 000ft max ceiling and day only now…
If something sounds too good, there mostly is a string attached.
This plane may work in the lowlands but therefore is totally useless in the alpine regions. Apart, another single seater with 2 seats.
I think you’ll find that the certification process is a work in progress. It is certified now for the orders (AIUI a good number) they have already received. The certification meets those needs.
I’m really curious about these 10.000ft.
What would be a (technical) reason to limit altitude to 10k? Are there any special certification requirements if you want to go above 10k? The engine can fly higher, so that can’t be the limit.
If it would be an aerodynamic reason (e.g. flutter problems), which is extremely unlikely, the limit would not be expressed as MSL altitude but as density altitude.
Even if it is the case what Gallois assumed that they optimized the certification process for intended use: In what way does the process get cheaper/faster/easier if you limit to 10.000 ft and not 18k or so ?!?
