NEWS

August 8th
Today's race was something different as this was the last one for a while.Peter did really well and the Racer was at last in top condition. After the qaulification we were happy with the ranking of 5 and somwhere in our soul just hoped it could go really ...

AIRPLANES

Peter's planes

CORVUS RACER

This very new airplane the Corvus Racer 540 has been developed in Hungary. In 2007 the company Corvus Aircraft has started to dveleop a new airplane, designed especially for air racing. After two years the plane was ready and in May 2010 the plane got the registry of the Canadian authorities. After the race in New York the plane was put in US register under N806CR

For more info visit: www.corvus-aircraft.com

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Technical information for Corvus Racer 540

Type:

Corvus Racer 540

Length (total)

6571 mm

Height

2500 mm

Wingspan

7,4 m

Wing surface

9,0 m2

Maximum takeoff weight (MTOW)

685 (700) kg

Load factor limit

+12,-12g

Engine:

Lycoming IO-540 Perfomance

345 HP

Propeller:

MTV-9-B

3 blades variable pitch

Fligth parameters:

Take-off distance

100 m

Climbing ability

18 m/sec

VNE

450 km/h

VA

330 km/h

VCRUISE (with 75% power):

310 km/h

 

Extra 300 SR- Display plane (D-EUSR)

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Technical data
 
   
Length (total) 6720 mm
Height 2550 mm
Wingspan 7500 mm
Wing surface 9,81 m²
Maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) 800 Kg
Load factor limit +10,-10g
Engine:
Lycoming AEIO-580 325 HP 
Propeller:
MTV-9-B 3 blades variable pitch
Fligth parameters:
Take-off distance 110 m 
Climbing ability 13 m/sec
VNE 405 km/h
VA 285 km/h
VCRUISE (with 75% power): 300 km/h

MXS-R

This very special race plane was developed in North Carolina at MX Aircrfat. The plane meets all the needs of pilots with highest reqiurements. It is a fast, good manouverable plane with the ability of very tight turns. The two seated version of MX is a great plane for aerobatic training.

 

Technical data:

Seat: 1
Lenght: 6,30 m
Wingspan: 7,34 m
Weight: 548 kg
Power: 348 HP
Highest speed: 426 km/h
Roll rate: 420 degree/sec
Maximum G-load: +/-14