Comp Air 7

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.[2]

Comp Air 7 Series
Aero Comp 7SL
Role Comp Air 7
Manufacturer Comp Air
Status Production completed
Number built 115 (2011)[1]

The company website does not list it as being in production in 2022.[3]

Operational history

By the fall of 2007 70 Comp Air 7s and 25 Comp Air 7SLs had been completed and were flying.[1]

Variants
Comp Air 7
Piston-powered aircraft typically equipped with a Lycoming IO-540 piston engine of 290 hp[1]
Comp Air 7SLX
Turbine powered aircraft equipped typically with a Walter M601 turboprop of 660 shp[1]

Specifications (typical Comp Air 7SLX)
Comp Air 7SL

Data from Kitplanes Magazine[1]

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)

References
  1. Kitplanes Staff: 2008 Kit Aircraft Directory, pages 46–47, Kitplanes Magazine December 2007 Volume 24, Number 12, Belvior Publications, Aviation Publishing Group LLC.
  2. Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 49. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  3. Comp Air. "Home". compairaviation.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
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