Aquila A 210

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A 210
Role Two seat light aircraft
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Aquila Aviation by Excellence
First flight 5 March 2000
Status In production 2011
Primary user Cameroon Air Force
Number built 120 by early 2011
Cockpit of Aquila A 210 (D-EAQT)

The Aquila A 210 is a two-seat

reinforced plastic light aircraft produced in Germany
from 2002. It remains in production in 2022 as the updated A211.

Design and development

The marketing name A 210 is usually used to refer to Aquila's light side by side two seat aircraft, though its official engineering and certification name is Aquila AT01. Design work started in 1997 and the first flight was made in March 2000.[1]

The A 210 is entirely built from carbon and glass fibre reinforced plastics (

Fowler flaps have two positions.[1]

The A 210 is powered by a

tricycle undercarriage. Its mainwheels are fitted with hydraulic brakes and mounted on spring steel legs from the fuselage. The nosewheel has rubber suspension and is steerable; speed fairings are fitted on all wheels.[1]

Operational history

German certification was achieved in 2001 and deliveries began the following year. It gained US certification in 2003. Early sales were to clubs, mostly as training aircraft. Most have been sold in Europe and overall 120 have been built by late 2010.[1] 110 appear as Aquila AT01 on the civil aircraft registrations of European countries excluding Russia in 2010.[2][3]

Variants

Aquila A 210
Original model
Aquila A 211
Conventional instrument panel
Aquila A 211GX
Glass cockpit model

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2011/12[1]

General characteristics

  • Capacity: 2
  • Length: 7.30 m (23 ft 11 in)
  • Wingspan: 10.30 m (33 ft 10 in) excluding winglets
  • Height: 2.30 m (7 ft 7 in)
  • Wing area: 10.50 m2 (113.0 sq ft)
  • Airfoil: Horstmann-Quast HQ-42 modified
  • Empty weight: 500 kg (1,102 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 750 kg (1,653 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912 S3 flat four air and water cooled piston, 73.5 kW (98.6 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed
    MT-Propeller
    MTV-21-A/175-05 hydraulically variable pitch, 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) diameter

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 241 km/h (150 mph, 130 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 191 km/h (119 mph, 103 kn) at 55% power
  • Stall speed: 80 km/h (50 mph, 43 kn) flaps down
  • Never exceed speed: 306 km/h (190 mph, 165 kn)
  • Range: 1,148 km (713 mi, 620 nmi) 55% power at 1,640 m (5,000 ft) with 45 min reserves
  • Endurance: 6 h 5 min at 55% power
  • Service ceiling: 4,420 m (14,500 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 3.82 m/s (752 ft/min)

Avionics

EFIS

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7106-2955-5
    .
  2. ISBN 978-0-85130-425-0
    .
  3. ^ "UK registered Aquila AT01". Retrieved 2011-07-16.

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