Ikar Ai-10 Ikar

Ai-10 Ikar
General information
Type	Two-seat ultralight
National origin	Ukraine
Manufacturer	Ikar Aero Club
History
First flight	1999

The Ikar Ai-10 Ikar is a Ukrainian two-seat ultralight cabin monoplane, designed and built by the Ikar Aero Club of Kyiv.

Design and development

First flown in 1999 the Ai-10 is a high-wing, strut-braced monoplane with a metal fuselage and fabric-covered wings. ^[1] It has a fixed conventional landing gear with a tailwheel. ^[1] The Ai-10 is powered by a tractor configuration Rotax 912UL, 912ULS or 914 flat-four piston engine with a three-bladed wooden propeller. ^[1] The enclosed cabin has room for two seated in side-by-side configuration. ^[1]

Specification (with 912ULS engine)

Data fromJane's All the World's Aircraft 1989-90 ^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 6.21 m (20 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 9.06 m (29 ft 9 in)
• Height: 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
• Wing area: 11.74 m² (126.4 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 284 kg (626 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 510 kg (1,124 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS flat-four piston, 74 kW (99 hp)
• Propellers: 3-bladed

Performance

• Cruise speed: 180 km/h (110 mph, 97 kn)
• Stall speed: 27 km/h (17 mph, 15 kn)
• Range: 1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi) max fuel
• g limits: +6/-3
• Rate of climb: 6.00 m/s (1,181 ft/min)

Incidents and accidents

June 9, 2013 near the village Friday Solnechnogorsk district, Moscow region, during a training flight fell plane Ikar Ai-10. Killed pilot and passenger. ^[2]

References

Notes

1. Jackson 2003, p. 477
2. Уточненная информация по падению легкомоторного самолета. Солнечногорский м.р., д. Пятница, в районе Истринского водохранилища.

Bibliography

• Jackson, Paul, ed. (2003). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2003-2004. Coulsdon, Surrey, United Kingdom: Jane's Information Group. ISBN   0-7106-2537-5.