Airo 1

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.^[1][2]

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

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.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

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.^[1][2]

Specifications (Airo 1)

Data from Bayerl and Tacke^[1][2]

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)