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Top speed
  
240 km/h

Length
  
6.8 m

Designer
  
Stelio Frati

Wingspan
  
8.6 m

Manufacturer
  
Golden Avio

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The Golden Avio F30 is an Italian ultralight aircraft designed by Stelio Frati and produced by Golden Avio, a division of Golden Car, an automotive parts and prototyping company located in Caramagna Piemonte. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

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The aircraft's designation is a homage to the Ferrari F40 Italian automobile built from 1987 to 1992.

Design and development

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The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight 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.

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The aircraft is made from sheet aluminum. Its 8.6 m (28.2 ft) span wing has an area of 10.6 m2 (114 sq ft) and mounts flaps. The standard engine available is the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant, although it can accommodate engines of up to 200 hp (149 kW).

The FG model received German certification in 2011 and the RG version in 2015.

Variants

F30 RG
Retractable landing gear model.
F30 FG
Fixed landing gear model, also called the Brio.

Specifications (F30 RG)

Data from Bayerl and Golden Car

General characteristics

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  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Length: 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)
  • Wingspan: 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
  • Height: 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
  • Wing area: 10.6 m2 (114 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 289 kg (637 lb)
  • Gross weight: 472.5 kg (1,042 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 95 litres (21 imp gal; 25 US gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 75 kW (101 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed GT Propellers G2T VEB, variable pitch

    • Performance

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  • Maximum speed: 240 km/h (149 mph; 130 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 220 km/h (137 mph; 119 kn)
  • Stall speed: 65 km/h (40 mph; 35 kn) flaps down
  • Range: 1,200 km (746 mi; 648 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 5,600 m (18,400 ft)
  • g limits: +4.4/-2.2
  • Rate of climb: 6.1 m/s (1,200 ft/min)
  • Wing loading: 44.6 kg/m2 (9.1 lb/sq ft)

    • Golden Avio F30 Aeronauticmedia Aircraft Reports gallery

    References

    Golden Avio F30 Wikipedia
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