Comp Air 7

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Comp Air 7 Series
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Aero Comp 7SL
RoleComp Air 7
Manufacturer Comp Air
StatusProduction completed
Number built115 (2011) [1]

The Comp Air 7 is an American piston or turboprop-powered light civil utility aircraft manufactured in kit form by Comp Air. It is configured as a conventional high-wing monoplane with tailwheel undercarriage. [2]

Contents

The company website does not list it as being in production in 2022. [3]

Operational history

By the fall of 2007 70 Comp Air 7s and 25 Comp Air 7SLs had been completed and were flying. [1]

Variants

Comp Air 7
Piston-powered aircraft typically equipped with a Lycoming IO-540 piston engine of 290 hp [1]
Comp Air 7SLX
Turbine powered aircraft equipped typically with a Walter M601 turboprop of 660 shp [1]

Specifications (typical Comp Air 7SLX)

Comp Air 7SL AeroComp7SLC-GTOD01.jpg
Comp Air 7SL

Data from Kitplanes Magazine [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Kitplanes Staff: 2008 Kit Aircraft Directory, pages 46–47, Kitplanes Magazine December 2007 Volume 24, Number 12, Belvior Publications, Aviation Publishing Group LLC.
  2. Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 49. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  3. Comp Air. "Home". compairaviation.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022.