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The Elixir
Role Light aircraft
National originFrance
ManufacturerElixir Aircraft
First flight31 August 2017
Introduction20 March 2020
Primary usersATO & FTO
Flying clubs, private pilots

The Elixir Aircraft Elixir is a 2010s French two-seat light aircraft designed and built by Elixir Aircraft. [1] The aircraft is certified CS-23 by the European Aviation Safety Agency [2] and is being certified FAA FAR 23. [3]

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The aircraft was announced at the Paris Air Show 2015 in the form of 2 models. [4] The prototype was publicly unveiled during the 2017 edition of the airshow. [5]

The Elixir did its first flight on 31 August 2017 and has been certified CS-23 since 20 March 2020. [2] The airplane received FAA Part 23 certification during EAA AirVenture ("Oshkosh") 2025. [6]

Design and development

The development of the aircraft began in 2015. The Elixir first flew on 31 August 2017 from La Rochelle Airport. [7] The aircraft flew for about 40 minutes at around 5000 feet.

Starting from March 2018, another campaign of flight tests took place, with new objectives and another test pilot. [8]

The Elixir is a two-seat cantilever low-wing monoplane made of carbon fiber. It has a T-tail and a fixed tricycle landing gear and side-by-side seating in an enclosed cabin.

The Elixir is powered by a nose-mounted Rotax 912iSc 3 Sport engine with a three-bladed MT-Propeller tractor propeller. The aircraft has a Ballistic parachute for emergency use.

The initial aircraft production is at Périgny, next to La Rochelle. It is intended to move production to a new factory at La Rochelle airport [9]

Variants

Specifications

Data from EASA TCDS [11]

General characteristics

Performance

Avionics

References

  1. ↑ Kate Sarsfield (30 November 2016). "Elixir aircraft preparing piston-single for 2017 first flight". FlightGlobal.
  2. 1 2 "Elixir Aircraft receives EASA CS-23 certification - JEC". www.jeccomposites.com/. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "French connection". www.aopa.org. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Sarsfield, Kate (15 June 2015). "PARIS: Elixir Aircraft unveils new light single". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  5. ↑ Thurber, Matt. "Elixir Aims New Design at EASA-LSA Market". Aviation International News. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "France's Elixir Aircraft Secures FAA Part 23 Certification - AVweb". avweb.com. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  7. ↑ Sarsfield, Kate (20 September 2017). "Elixir two-seat piston-single takes flight". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "Le point des essais en vol de l'Elixir". AeroVFR (in French). Archived from the original on 1 October 2019.
  9. ↑ Sarsfield, Kate (20 June 2019). "Elixir Springs to Life". Flight Global.
  10. 1 2 Besse, François. "L'Elixir en finale pour la CS-23". AeroVFR (in French). Archived from the original on 9 July 2019.
  11. ↑ https://www.easa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/dfu/ELIXIR_EASA.A.633_TCDS_Issue-01%20%281%29.pdf EASA TCDS EA/A.633
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