Specifications (Optica Scout)
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1988-1989
General characteristics
- Crew: One pilot
- Capacity: 2 passengers
- Length: 8.15 m (26 ft 9 in)
- Wingspan: 12.0 m (39 ft 4 in)
- Height: 2.31 m (7 ft 7 in)
- Wing area: 15.8 m² (171 ft²)
- Airfoil: NASA GA(W)-1
- Empty weight: 948 kg (2,090 lb)
- Useful load: 367 kg (810 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 1,315 kg (2,900 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Textron Lycoming IO-540-V4A5D flat six piston engine, 194 kW (200 hp)
- Propellers: five bladed ducted fan propeller, 1 per engine
Performance
- Never exceed speed: 259 km/h (140 knots, 161 mph)
- Maximum speed: 213 km/h (115 knots, 132 mph)
- Cruise speed: 130 km/h (70 knots, 81 mph) "loiter speed" at 40% power
- Stall speed: 108 km/h (58 knots, 67 mph)
- Range: 1,056 km (570 nm, 656 mi)
- Endurance: 8 h (at loiter speed)
- Service ceiling: 4,275 m (14,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 4.12 m/s (810 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 83.0 kg/m² (17.0 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: 0.148 kW/kg (0.0897 hp/lb)
Avionics
1 x IR/Camera Turret in recessed bay in nose. 1 x Skyshout Loudspeaker (Police Equipment)
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