Swift Aircraft Swift

Swift
Role	Aerobatic two seat light aircraft
National origin	United Kingdom
Manufacturer	Swift Aircraft
First flight	Not 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.

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

Capacity: 2
Length: 6.565 m (21 ft 6 in)
Wingspan: 8.055 m (26 ft 5 in) including winglets
Height: 2.015 m (6 ft 7 in)
Empty weight: 372 kg (820 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 743 kg (1,638 lb)
Fuel capacity: 187 L (49.4 US gal; 41.1 Imp gal)
Powerplant: 1 × Textron Lycoming air-cooled flat-six engine, 194 kW (260 hp)
Propellers: 3-bladed MT-Propeller, constant speed

Performance

Maximum speed: 340 km/h (210 mph, 180 kn)
Cruise speed: 302 km/h (188 mph, 163 kn) at 75% power
Stall speed: 93 km/h (58 mph, 50 kn) flaps down
g limits: +6/-4
Rate of climb: 10.7 m/s (2,110 ft/min) maximum, at sea level

Avionics

EFIS.
Bendix/King IFR.

References

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.
"Swift TG Press Release". Retrieved 17 August 2015. Undated press release.
"Pilot Magazine". 12 June 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
"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: unfit URL (link)

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[JAWA11-1] 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. Undated press release.

[3] "Pilot Magazine". 12 June 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

[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: unfit URL (link)