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The Aériane Swift [2] is a lightweight (48 kg) foot-launched tailless sailplane whose rigid wings have a span of 40 feet. The Swift has been succeeded by the "Swift'Lite". Although designed in California, Swift aircraft are now manufactured by Aériane, a European firm based in Gembloux, Belgium. [3]
It is a fast two-seat low wing tail dragger, based on the Globe Swift and made of sheet aluminum. The current engine is a Lycoming IO-360 -A1B6, giving the Fury a max speed of 222 mph. The aircraft will carry two adults with up to 100 pounds of baggage and has a range of 1000 miles.
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1948 General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: one passenger Length: 20 ft 10 in (6.35 m) Wingspan: 29 ft 4 in (8.94 m) Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Wing area: 131.63 sq ft (12.229 m 2) Airfoil: Root NACA 23015, Tip NACA 23009 Empty weight: 1,125 lb (510 kg) Gross weight: 1,710 lb (776 kg) Fuel capacity: 26 US gal (22 imp gal; 98 L) Powerplant: 1 × ...
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 ...
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Wing area: 16.5 m 2 (178 sq ft) Max takeoff weight: 1,820 kg (4,012 lb) Powerplant: 2 × Lycoming IO-320 4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engines, 118 kW (158 hp) each
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