Brazil’s Novaer Craft is developing a single-engine basic trainer that also is to serve as the baseline for a four-passenger general aviation aircraft.
The all-composite aircraft is based on the K-51 aerodynamic design, and the critical design review was completed in February, says company president Graciliano Campos. First flight is planned in the first half of 2012, followed by aircraft certification a year later.
The initial focus is on the basic trainer, owing to an emerging Brazilian air force need to replace the T-25s that were first fielded in 1969.
The Lycoming AEIO-540-powered aircraft features a 9.14-meter wingspan, with 12.46 sq. meter wing area; maximum takeoff weight is 1.14 metric tons, with an empty weight of 810 kg. (1,800 lb.). The aircraft is designed to operate within +6 g and -3 g. Maximum cruise is around 202 kt., with a stall speed of 55 kt. and maximum rate of climb of 2,665 ft. per min.
The aircraft features a retractable landing gear, ballistic parachute recovery system, air conditioning and optional pressurized cabin. The two-seat, side-by-side glass cockpit will be developed by Brazil’s Flight Technologies.
The four-seat passenger general aviation aircraft is to fill a niche that is currently highly popular in Brazil but only served by foreign manufacturers. Campos notes that with the U-Xc Stardream, Novaer Craft hopes to close the gap that exists between Brazil’s huge experimental aircraft sector and Embraer’s high-end products.
This version’s empty weight would be 887 kg, with a mean takeoff weight of 1.555 metric tons. G-loading would be limited to +4.4 g and -2.2 g. Cruise speed at 8,000 ft. would be 196 kt., with a rate of climb of up to 1,693 ft./min.
Novaer Craft would offer the aircraft with normally aspirated and turbocharged Lycoming engines.
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