Swift Aircraft Swift

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Swift
RoleAerobatic two seat light aircraft
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Swift Aircraft
First flightNot yet occurred (February 2012)

The Swift Aircraft Swift is a single engine, conventional light aircraft, seating two in side-by-side configuration. It is being developed in the UK but has yet to fly.

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Design and development

The Swift is mostly built from composite materials; flying surfaces and the fuselage are formed from composite sandwiches and the wing and tailplane have carbon fibre spars. It has a low wing of trapezoidal plan with slightly upturned tips, fitted with Frise ailerons and slotted flaps. The rear surfaces are also trapezoidal. There is a trim tab in the elevator and a ground adjustable tab on the rudder. [1]

The cockpit has a fixed windscreen and rearward-sliding canopy and is equipped with dual controls. There is a baggage space behind the side-by-side seats. The Swift has a fixed, tricycle undercarriage with the mainwheels on fuselage mounted, spring steel, cantilever legs. The mainwheels have disc brakes and the nosewheel is steerable. The Swift is designed to accept a range of Textron Lycoming horizontally opposed engines in the power range 119-194 kW (160-260 hp), driving a three-bladed propeller. [1]

The Swift program was announced in May 2009. In 2015 Swift Technology Group announced a "multi million pound investment" supporting development of the aircraft and other products, [2] [3] and exhibited a static display at AeroExpo UK. [4]

Variants

Swift II
Intended to be type certified to EASA CS-23
Swift VLA
Intended to be certified to EASA CS-VLA in kit and factory-complete flyaway versions

Specifications (Swift II)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2011/12 [1] Performance estimated.

General characteristics

Performance

Avionics

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Jackson, Paul (2011). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2011-12. Coulsdon, Surrey: IHS Jane's. p. 596. ISBN   978-0-7106-2955-5.
  2. "Swift TG Press Release" . Retrieved 17 August 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) Undated press release.
  3. "Pilot Magazine". 12 June 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. "Exhibitor List | AeroExpo UK 2015 | AeroExpo UK 2015". 15 April 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)