Engineering:G-Aerosports Archon

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Archon
G-Aerosports SF-2T Archon
General information
TypeUltralight aircraft
National originGreek
ManufacturerG-Aerosports
History
First flightJune 11, 2009
Developed intoSF-2T Archon

G-Aerosports Archon (Greek: Άρχων) is one of the light aircraft types designed and built by G-Aerosports, an airplane manufacturer based in the city of Florina in Northern Greece[1][2][3]

The plane has the configuration of a fifth-generation jet fighter [4][5][6][7][8][9] and its first version, the single-seat SF/1, made its first flight on June 11, 2009.[10] It is offered for sale in a kit form (while two ready-to-fly copies have been produced); in 2020, an agreement was signed with Fisher Flying Products regarding its license production in Canada for the North American market.[11][12]

The two-seat version SF-2T made its first official flight on April 4, 2022, and in 2023 it was included in a license agreement for production by Fisher Flying Products; an agreement for license production in Australia was also signed.[13]

Specifications (SF-1)

Data from Ckd.Aero[14]

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Length: 26 ft (7.9 m)
  • Wingspan: 25 ft (7.6 m)
  • Height: 7 ft (2.1 m)
  • Wing area: 133.04 sq ft (12.360 m2)
  • Empty weight: 600 lb (272 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1,050 lb (476 kg) max
  • Fuel capacity: 22
  • Powerplant: 1 × ZonSen C115 , 141 hp (105 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 112 mph (180 km/h, 97 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 110 mph (180 km/h, 96 kn)
  • Stall speed: 40 mph (64 km/h, 35 kn)
  • Never exceed speed: 155 mph (249 km/h, 135 kn)
  • Range: 500 mi (800 km, 430 nmi)
  • g limits: +6, -3
  • Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)
  • Wing loading: 7.89 lb/sq ft (38.5 kg/m2)

References

  1. ↑ Ασλανιδης, Νικος (12 July 2021). "Aπό τη Φλώρινα στους... αιθέρες: Αεροσκάφη "Made in Greece"". Εφημερίς Μακεδονια. https://www.makthes.gr/apo-ti-florina-stoys-aitheres-aeroskafi-made-in-greece-405183. 
  2. ↑ "Κατασκευάζει αεροπλάνα στη Φλώρινα". ellines.com. https://www.ellines.com/erga-ellinon/351-kataskeuastis-aeroplanon-katakta-tous-aitheres/. 
  3. ↑ Πεταλιού, Σταυρούλα (2015). "Αεροπλάνα made in Φλώρινα. Ο δημιουργός τους Γιώργος Ηλιόπουλος μας μιλάει γι’ αυτά". ipop.gr. https://ipop.gr/themata/eimai/aeroplana-made-in-florina-o-dimiourgos-tous-giorgos-iliopoulos-mas-milai-gi-afta/. 
  4. ↑ MÁRQUEZ, MIGUEL (10 March 2022). "Conoce al SF1 Archon RG, el avión de "combate" que puedes armar en tu casa". Transponder 1200. https://www.transponder1200.com/conoce-al-sf1-archon-rg-el-avion-de-combate-que-puedes-armar-en-tu-casa/. 
  5. ↑ Κώστας Μαυραγάνης — HuffPost Greece (26 May 2015). "Ελληνικό stealth "μαχητικό" αεροπλάνο "made in Φλώρινα"!". HuffPost Greece. https://www.huffingtonpost.gr/2015/05/26/stealth-florina_n_7441658.html. 
  6. ↑ "Φλώρινα: Το πρώτο ελληνικό Stealth "μαχητικό" αεροσκάφος". newsbomb.gr. 15 May 2017. https://www.newsbomb.gr/ellada/story/792753/florina-to-proto-elliniko-stealth-maxitiko-aeroskafos. 
  7. ↑ Goyer, Robert (8 December 2011). "Video: Aerosports Archon SF/1 Ultralight F22". Flying Magazine. https://www.flyingmag.com/video-aerosports-archon-sf1-ultralight-fa18/. 
  8. ↑ "Stealth SSDR Archon SF/1 on way to UK". Flyer Magazine. 15 July 2016. https://flyer.co.uk/stealth-ssdr-archon-sf1-on-way-to-uk/. 
  9. ↑ "Aerosports Gr SF-1 Archon (inclusion in All-Aero index)". All-Aero. http://www.all-aero.com/index.php/44-planes-a-b-c/13410-aerosports-gr-sf-1-archon. 
  10. ↑ "Aerosports Gr SF-1 Archon Experimental Homebuilt Aircraft". SIA Magazin. 20 March 2020. https://siamagazin.com/aerosports-gr-sf-1-archon-experimental-homebuilt-aircraft/. 
  11. ↑ NEWSROOM IEFIMERIDA.GR (25 April 2013). "ΕΛΛΑΔΑ Ελληνας αστυνομικός έφτιαξε αεροσκάφος τύπου "Stealth" και τώρα το ζητάνε αμερικανικές εταιρείες [βίντεο"]. iefimerida. https://www.iefimerida.gr/news/102308/%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82-%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CE%BF-%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82-%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%84%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82-%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%AD%CF%86%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BE%CE%B5-%CE%B1%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%AC%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%82-%CF%84%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85-%C2%ABstealth%C2%BB-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CF%84%CE%BF-%CE%B6%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B5-%CE%B1. 
  12. ↑ "License production of Archon aircraft in Canada". Fisher Flying Products. 23 June 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzKH2CFWynI. 
  13. ↑ "Έτοιμο το μοναδικό στο είδος του διθέσιο αεροσκάφος "Άρχων" από τη Φλώρινα". Εφημερίς Μακεδονία. 3 November 2021. https://www.makthes.gr/etoimo-to-monadiko-sto-eidos-toy-dithesio-aeroskafos-archon-apo-ti-florina-465079. 
  14. ↑ "SF-1 Archon". 2023. https://ckd.aero/sf-1-archon/. 



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