Creative Flight Aerocat

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Creative Flight Aerocat
Aerocat-2000.jpg
Aerocat prototype
Role Kit aircraft
National origin Canada
Manufacturer Creative Flight
Auriga Design
DesignerKirk Creelman
First flight15 July 2001 (single engine)
5 September 2002 (twin)
Introduction2001
StatusUnder development
Number builtOne (2011)

The Creative Flight Aerocat is a Canadian mid-wing, all composite, four passenger experimental aircraft that can be configured for amphibious float operations. Under development since 1998, the aircraft is intended to be supplied in kit form by Creative Flight of Haliburton, Ontario, for amateur construction. The company has since been renamed Auriga Design. [1] [2] [3]

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Design and development

Development started in 1998 on the MPA Aerocat. In 2002, the vehicle was renamed the Creative Flight Aerocat. [4]

The all composite aircraft features a distinctive gull-wing design with pods that floats can attach to. A twin engine variant is powered by two Jabiru 3300 engines. In both the case of the single and twin engined versions, the engines are mounted in pusher configuration on a composite arch behind the cockpit. [2]

Operational history

The single engine prototype flew in 2001, then was retrofitted for twin engine operations and flown in 2002. Shortly afterward the aircraft was test flown with floats. [5]

In 2003, the prototype was flown to the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow and displayed. [1]

As of August 2019 the prototype, C-GYCC, remained the sole example flying. [2] [3] [6]

Variants

SR
Single engine version with retractable gear, powered by a Crossflow CF4-20THO 250 hp (186 kW) engine. [2]
SRX
Single engine version with retractable gear and floats, powered by a Crossflow CF4-20THO 250 hp (186 kW) engine or one Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-21 turboprop producing 480 hp (358 kW) [2] [3]
TR
Twin engine version with retractable gear, powered by two Jabiru 3300 120 hp (89 kW) engines [2]
TRX
Twin engine version with retractable gear and floats, powered by two Jabiru 3300 120 hp (89 kW) engines [2]

Specifications (Aerocat SR)

Data from Creative Flight [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Aerocat". Archived from the original on 12 February 2004. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Downey, Julia: 2008 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, page 47. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  3. 1 2 3 Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 43. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  4. ↑ Janes All the World's Aircraft. 2005.
  5. ↑ "Creative Flight Aerocat (Canada), Aircraft - Fixed-wing - Civil". Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  6. ↑ Transport Canada (6 August 2019). "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register" . Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Jackson 2007, pp. 77–78.
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