Storm 300. Specifications. A photo.

2016-03-27

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Storm 300 - Italian single-engine aircraft, designed and produced by the company «Storm Aircraft» with 1991 years.

Storm 300 photo

Work on the design of a single-engine light aircraft started by Italian aircraft manufacturers in 1989 year, but the aircraft itself is still in the initial stage of its development was intended solely for private use, which is hardly guaranteed, that the aircraft is actively pick up in popularity.

When designing aircraft Storm 300 Italian aircraft manufacturers were guided by several popular models of private small aircraft, mainly reflected in the design of the aircraft. Initially it was assumed that the plane will only sport aircraft, however, for several reasons in this category of the aircraft is not horrible.

For the first time in the air, the Storm 300 model aircraft went up in 1991 year, after which the project was put into production. The aircraft was manufactured as sets for self-assembly, which guaranteed to the future owners a low price at relatively short time costs - the assembly of the aircraft, depending on the experience and a specialized tool, required about 300-500 hours of free time, however, during the production period lasted from 1991 to 1998 year, the Italian company «Storm aircraft» was built only 12 aircraft where the estimated cost of one aircraft was from 23 thousand. dollars to 25 thousand. up Lares.

Photo Storm 300

The cabin Storm 300 aircraft can accommodate only two people in particular, we are talking about the pilot and one passenger, in addition, the aircraft can carry en their board, and a small amount of cargo, however, because the plane was not suitable for commercial areas for transportation purposes it is almost never used. Despite the fact that the category of sports aircraft Storm 300 plane did not hit. It is widely used for such purposes, which mainly contributes to good maneuverability and high speed flight.

The power plant of the aircraft the Storm 300, consisting of a four-cylinder piston aircraft engine the Rotax 914, allowing the aircraft to develop traction in 115 hp, which in turn provides the ability to accelerate to speeds in 275 km \ h. (Cruising airspeed) that, as well as the maximum distance an airplane flight, component 2655 kilometers, was quite acceptable for this type of aircraft.

Cabin Storm 300

According to 2014 years, the world's preserved all of the issued copies of the aircraft, of which 10 aircraft in the territory of European countries, and even one located in the United States and Canada.