Comp Air 7

Comp Air 7 Series
Comp Air 7 Series
	Aero Comp 7SL
General information
Type	Comp Air 7
Manufacturer	Comp Air
Status	Production completed
Number built	115 (2011)

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.

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

Operational history

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

Variants

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

Specifications (typical Comp Air 7SLX)

Data from Kitplanes Magazine

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 2 3 4 5 Kitplanes Staff: 2008 Kit Aircraft Directory, pages 46–47, Kitplanes Magazine December 2007 Volume 24, Number 12, Belvior Publications, Aviation Publishing Group LLC.
↑ Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 49. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
↑ Comp Air. "Home". compairaviation.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

External links

Official website archives on Archive.org

[KitPlanes-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Kitplanes Staff: 2008 Kit Aircraft Directory, pages 46–47, Kitplanes Magazine December 2007 Volume 24, Number 12, Belvior Publications, Aviation Publishing Group LLC.

[KitplanesDec2011-2] Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 49. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851

[Company-3] Comp Air. "Home". compairaviation.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)