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Country of origin:
Italy
Power Plant:
One 115 hp Rotax 912ISc four-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine
Specifications:
- Wingspan: 8.2 m (28 ft 2 in)
- Length: 6.6 m (21 ft 7 in)
- Height: 2.4 m (7 ft 9 in)
- Wing Area: 115 m2 (134.8 sq ft)
- Design manoeuvring speed: 178 km/h (110 mph)
- Max cruising speed: 204 km/h (127 mph)
- Never exceed speed: 256 km/h (159 mph)
- Max operating altitude: 397 m (13,000 ft)
- Fuel capacity: 132 litres (29 Imp gals)
- Allowable load in luggage compartment: 20 kg (44 lb)
- Loaded weight: 780 kg (358 lb)
History:
The P-Mentor was first shown to the public at Friedrichshafen in Germany in early 2023. It was aimed at the market for training aircraft and was produced at the company’s Casoria facility in Italy.
The fuselage structure is a 4130-steel truss frame and the wing structure is constructed of GFRP with a laminar flow aerofoil.
First of the type registered in Australia became VH-TMG and was placed on display at the Australian International Airshow at Avalon, VIC, in March 2023. At that time Melbourne Flight Training purchased examples for its training operations. This company is American-based and placed an order for 20 P-Mentors.