Swift Aircraft Swift

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.

Swift
Role Aerobatic two seat light aircraft
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Swift Aircraft
First flight Not yet occurred (February 2012)

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

  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)
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