The Mosquito Aviation XE is a single seat homebuilt helicopter.
By 2015 Mosquito Aviation was out of business and the design was being produced by Innovator Technologies of Rockyview, Alberta, Canada.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015–16, page 208. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. By 2019 the design was being produced by Composite FX of Trenton, Florida.
Design and development The XE is a development of the Mosquito Air, with a cockpit fairing and a more sophisticated exhaust system, plus a rotor diameter increased by to support the higher gross weight. The aircraft was designed to comply with the US Experimental – Amateur-built and European microlight aircraft rules. It features a single main rotor and tail rotor, a single-seat enclosed cockpit with a windshield, skid landing gear and a two-cylinder, air-cooled, two stroke MZ 202 engine.
The aircraft fuselage is made from composites and metal tubing. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of and a chord of . The aircraft has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for the pilot and baggage is .
Variants AIR (2002) Open aluminum frame with tripod landing gear XE (2004) XEL XE with floats. Meets United States FAA FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules for and under for ultralight aircraft. XE285 – Discontinued Inntec 800 2 cylinder 2 cycle XE3 – Discontinued CRE MZ 301 3 cylinder 2 cycle XE 290 CFX 800 2-stroke, fuel injected, water cooled XET Solar T62-2A1 turbine
Specifications (XE)
See also Dynali H2S Heli-Sport CH-7
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