New Avio C205

The C205 is a low wing, single engine aircraft with a retractable conventional undercarriage. It has a wooden structure with a mixture of wood and carbon composite skinning. The low, trapezoidal wings, built around two spars, are entirely wooden apart from Kevlar reinforced leading edges. They have Hoerner-type tips; the trailing edge carries ailerons and electrically driven flaps. The main undercarriage legs are attached to the main spar and have a track of 2.23 m (7 ft 4 in).[1] The main gear is retracted hydroelectrically; the tailwheel is fixed.

The fuselage has a wooden structure, reinforced with steel plates and roll-bar, and tapers to the rear. The fin and rudder are straight edged, tapered and swept; the rudder and elevators are all horn balanced. A long, single piece canopy covers both seats, with a separate windscreen. Ahead, the engine is under a polycarbonate cowling: the standard power plant is a 60 kW (80 hp) Rotax 912 UL flat four, driving a variable-pitch propeller with a choice of two or three blades.[1]

The C205 can be built from kits, with two levels of pre-completion.[1]

By mid-2010 there were at least four C205s on the European registers, all Italian.[2] Three of these have been used by the aeroclub at Trevi, where New Avio is based. They have been flown by the three-man Walter's Bad aerobatic team.[1]

C205

Original model

C205 Evo

Flying by 2007

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2010/11[1]

General characteristics

• Capacity: 2
• Length: 7.10 m (23 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 8.30 m (27 ft 3 in)
• Height: 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
• Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912 ULS 4-cylinder horizontally opposed, 73.5 kW (98.6 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed (3-blade option)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 260 km/h (160 mph, 140 kn)
• Cruise speed: 230 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn)
• Stall speed: 65 km/h (40 mph, 35 kn) flaps down
• Never exceed speed: 350 km/h (220 mph, 190 kn)
• Endurance: 5.5 h
• g limits: +6/-6