Engineering:AeroJames 01 Isatis

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Short description: French ultralight aircraft
01 Isatis
Role Ultralight aircraft
National origin France
Manufacturer AeroJames
Introduction April 2009
Status Production completed

The AeroJames 01 Isatis (named for the flowering plant) is a French ultralight aircraft, designed and produced by AeroJames of Ajaccio, Corsica. It was introduced at the Aero show held in Friedrichshafen in 2009. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1][2]

By the beginning of 2018 company website was for sale, the company seems to have gone out of business and production ended.[3]

Design and development

The design is unusual in that the engine is mounted behind the cabin and drives the nose-mounted propeller though a carbon fibre extension driveshaft that is housed in a casing that runs between the two occupants. This allows a smaller and more pointed nose than with a nose-mounted engine and improves visibility.[1][2]

The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.[1][2]

The aircraft is made from carbon fibre composites. Its 9.80 m (32.2 ft) span wing employs flaps. The standard engine used is a 100 hp (75 kW) BMW four-stroke, two-cylinder, air-cooled, horizontally-opposed motorcycle powerplant.[1][2]

Specifications (01 Isatis)

Data from Bayerl[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Wingspan: 9.80 m (32 ft 2 in)
  • Wing area: 12.0 m2 (129 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 270 kg (595 lb)
  • Gross weight: 472.5 kg (1,042 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 64 litres (14 imp gal; 17 US gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × BMW two cylinder, oil and air-cooled, four stroke, located behind the cockpit., 75 kW (101 hp)
  • Propellers: 3-bladed composite

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 270 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 230 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn)
  • Stall speed: 60 km/h (37 mph, 32 kn)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 17. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 17. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
  3. "AeroJames". https://web.archive.org/web/20180415000000*/http://www.aerojames.com/. 

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