23 July 2007
<b>News from <a href=”http://www.airventure.org”><img src=”images/airventure.gif” border=”0″>Oshkosh</a></b>
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Hot on the heels of Cessna’s announcement about its <a href=’http://www.flyer.co.uk/news/newsfeed.php?artnum=607′ target=’_blank’>C162 SkyCatcher</a> comes news that Cirrus is also to enter the LSA market.
Cirrus, though, is taking a different approach and piggybacking someone else’s work. As it announced today at AirVenture Oshkosh, the Cirrus SR Sport is actually based on the Funk Fk14 Polaris, a German type. It said “For the last four years, Cirrus has been evaluating two-seat planes from European manufacturers – the hotbed of development for this type of aircraft.”
The Cirrus Sport (or SRS) should cruise at about 120 kt – the maximum limit for LSAs – have a single-power lever and the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS™). It’s powered by a Rotax 912S and has a useful load- of 400 lb (min).
