Photograph:
Pro Mecc Freccia I-XOOO during testing in Italy in 2013 (Bianrobi – Airplane Pictures)
Country of origin:
Italy
Description:
Two-seat light training and sport aircraft
Power Plant:
One 75 kw (101 hp) Rotax 912ULS four-cylinder, horizontally-opposed, liquid-and-air-cooled engine
Specifications:
- Wingspan: 8.78 m (28 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 10.18 m² (109.6 sq ft)
- Max speed: 280 km/h (174 mph)
- Max cruising speed: 260 km/h (162 mph)
- Stalling speed: 65 km/h (40 mph)
- Never exceed speed: 300 km/h (186 mph)
- Rate of climb: 488 m/min (1,600 ft/min)
- Empty weight: 285 kg (628 lb)
- Loaded weight: 472 kg (1,042 lb)
History:
The Freccia is one of a series of light aircraft designed and developed in Italy by Pro Mecc of Corigliano d’Otranto, being first shown to the aviation world at the Aero Show held in Friedrichshafen in 2011. It is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft and has been popular on the European market. It is a development of the Sparvier (see separate article) and has new streamlining and a redesigned wing. It was designed to conform with Federation Aeronautique Internationale microlight aircraft regulations. It is a two seat aircraft with a cantilever low-wing, with side-by-side seating under a bubble canopy and is available with a tricycle undercarriage or a tailwheel.
The aircraft is built of carbon fibre and has double slotted flaps. Power plant is the Rotax 912ULS and the first example of the type seen in this region was imported by the Australasian distributor in early 2014. An example became 24-8598 and is flown from the Sydney Sport Aircraft field at Wedderburn, NSW.