Photograph:
Lazer Z-230 VH-ZIT (c/n 3001) at Tocumwal, NSW (S Kedar)
Country of origin:
United States of America
Description:
Two-seat unlimited aerobatic monoplane
Power Plant:
One 283 kw (380 hp) Lycoming AEIO-540 C4B5 six-cylinder parallel-valve horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine
Specifications:
- [Lazer Z-2300]
- Wingspan: 7.43 m (24 ft 4 in)
- Length: 5.82 m (19 ft 1 in)
- Wing area: 9.10 m² (98 sq ft)
- Max cruising speed: 315 km/h (196 mph)
- Stalling speed: 97 km/h (60 mph)
- Rate of climb: (2,80 ft/min)
- Fuel capacity: 189 litres (42 Imp gals)
- Take-off distance: 305 m (1,000 ft)
- Empty weight: 590 kg (1,300 lb)
History:
The Z-2300 was designed for unlimited class competition aerobatics and is a two-seat development of the single-seat Z-300, which itself was developed from the Rebel 300. The Z-2300, also known as the Raven, was similar in concept to most of the modern high-performance aerobatic aircraft which have been used for aerobatics and aerial racing such as the Red Bull series, and wass similar in appearance to the Extra 300S, Edge 540T etc. It had a light carbon-fibre shell and had an aerofoil tail for greater efficiency, which was also built of carbon-fibre. It was available in kit form, the fuselage being produced by York Enterprises and the wings by Teebird Enterprises. A variant of the Lycoming AEIO-540 engine was developed for the design and produced 283 kw (380 hp).
Supplied as a kit, the wing was a modified version of that fitted to the Rebel Z-2300 with some re-design. Production continued and 18 Z-2300 and 35 Z-200 kits are known to have been sold. First of the type in this region was a Z-2300 which became VH-OON (c/n Z-2300-005) in November 2009 to its owner M J Harris of Fairfield Gardens, QLD. A Lazer Z-230 was registered VH-ZIT³ (c/n 3001) to Project Lima Pty Ltd of Williamstown, VIC on 24 April 2017.