Comp Air 7
American light aircraft
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.
The company website does not list it as being in production in 2022.
01Operational history
By the fall of 2007 70 Comp Air 7s and 25 Comp Air 7SLs had been completed and were flying.
02Variants
- Comp Air 7
- Piston-powered aircraft typically equipped with a Lycoming IO-540 piston engine of 290 hp
- Comp Air 7SLX
- Turbine powered aircraft equipped typically with a Walter M601 turboprop of 660 shp
03Specifications (typical Comp Air 7SLX)
Data from Kitplanes Magazine
General characteristics
- Crew: one pilot
- Capacity: 6 passengers
- Length: 29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
- Wingspan: 33 ft 0 in (10.15 m)
- Height: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
- Wing area: 178 sq ft (16.5 m2)
- Empty weight: 2,400 lb (1,088 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 4,200 lb (1,905 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Walter M601 turboprop, 660 shp (550 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 275 mph (443 km/h, 239 kn)
- Cruise speed: 230 mph (372 km/h, 200 kn)
- Stall speed: 54 mph (87 km/h, 47 kn)
- Range: 1,047 mi (1,685 km, 1,040 nmi)
- Rate of climb: 3,000 ft/min (15 m/s)
- Power/mass: 6.36 lb/hp (0.26 kW/kg)
Sources and credits
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- AeroComp7SLC-GTOD02.jpg by Ahunt, Public domain
- AeroComp7SLC-GTOD01.jpg by Ahunt, Public domain
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